You and Yours - 04/03/2009

Presented by Winifred Robinson. How is the telecoms sector regulated and what can those left incommunicado do about it? We speak to MP Henry Bellingham and Matthew Riley, director of Daisy Communications. Suppliers say big stores are placing even more pressure on them to drop their prices and are renewing calls for a Supermarkets' Ombudsman. We speak to Andrew Opie from the British Retail Consortium and Philip Hudson, the NFU's Chief Horticultural adviser. The case of a disabled man who was forced to sell his 28,000 pound mobile home for just 8,000 pounds prompts a debate in the House of Commons. In the second of our disabled leaders series, Peter White talks to Rachel Hurst, former chair of the British Council of Disabled People, who has spent more than 20 years lobbying the EU and the UN for disability rights. Pre-Packed Administration: Fans claim it's a great way of saving jobs and keeping businesses afloat; critics say creditors can lose out. Michael Jervis, insolvency expert at PricewaterhouseCoopers, explains. Charlotte Smith takes up the challenge from Michael O'Leary (chief executive of Ryanair) to pack only 10kg of luggage for a two week holiday. A BBC investigation discovers that jobs advertised on the government's Jobcentre Plus website didn't exist. Applicants were asked for a 'one-off training fee' to do home-working instead - but the jobs just weren't there.