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As energy firms and charities meet with government officials to look at how the scrapping of the winter allowance and looming rising costs could affect our energy bills, we ask what help is available for people already struggling to make their payments - and how that help could be expanded in the near future.

More than a million used cars are sold on hire purchase or PCP deals every year. Companies selling them say they offer drivers extra protection if a vehicle turns out to be faulty. With some deals involving several different firms, we hear how that鈥檚 doesn't always happen in practice. A listener who experienced a terrifying fault on a busy motorway tells us how trying to get things put right left her with no transport but all the ongoing bills for months. We find out what you can do if you have a similar problem.

Some vets in Wales are going out on strike. As well as demanding more pay they also claim the large company that employs them has hiked its fees by 25% over two years. The company denies this and describes its charges as 鈥渇air and transparent鈥�. We hear the arguments.

In last week鈥檚 phone-in on living alone, many of you got in touch telling us how getting a single theatre ticket is hard if not impossible. Well, we thought we鈥檇 look into that. We explain the reason why theatres and booking platforms make this difficult and how you can book a single seat when the computer keeps saying 'no'.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Julian Paszkiewicz