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29/04/2010

Winifred Robinson talks to Ian Leech, who has won his campaign for students with cancer or other long-term illnesses to have an automatic right to claim benefits.

Ian Leech's daughter Melissa was diagnosed with cancer while at university studying psychology. As she started treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma she decided to defer her studies for a year. It was then she discovered she wasn't entitled to any benefits because she was technically still a student.

We'll be talking to Ian about his successful campaign to get the rules changed. We'll also be talking to MacMillan Cancer Care to find out what other benefits they believe cancer patients should be entitled to.

Also on the programme, what deregulation could mean for your local commercial radio station.

And, the cost to UK taxpayers of retailers setting up parts of their businesses in the Channel Islands.

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Thu 29 Apr 2010 12:00
大象传媒 Radio 4 FM

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Chapters

  • Father's cancer campaign

    Students forced to defer their studies because of serious illness will soon be entitled to claim welfare benefits after a campaign to improve their rights.

    Duration: 12:28

  • Plastic peril

    The consumer organisation Which? says some supermarkets are still 鈥榮taggeringly wasteful鈥� in their use of plastic bags 鈥� particularly when delivering shopping ordered online.

    Duration: 05:34

  • Just in time delivery

    When UK airspace closed for a week how close did we come to shortages on the UK high street?

    Duration: 09:31

  • Channel Islands VAT loophole

    More and more retailers are setting up bases in the Channel Islands so that their customers do not pay VAT. The numbers are up despite attempts by Jersey to clamp down on the practice.

    Duration: 06:44

  • Online hearing tests

    You can now test your hearing and a buy a one-size-fits-all hearing device online. But the RNID has voiced concerns about these private checks and devices.

    Duration: 08:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 29 Apr 2010 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 29 Apr 2010 12:04
    大象传媒 Radio 4 LW

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