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Conveyancing costs, Pesticides, Charcoal toothpaste

Consumer affairs programme. The price of conveyancing for a new home can include insurance costing hundreds of pounds. Do you really need it?

The cost of conveyancing if you buy a home can sometimes include an insurance policy, indemnifying the lender or owner against a range of risks - but are these policies really necessary?

Organic food is produced with fewer pesticides than non-organic equivalents, but can organic fruit and vegetables ever be truly pesticide free?

And charcoal toothpaste promises to give you a smile to rival the cast of Made In Chelsea. Is it safe, and does it work?

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Joel Moors.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • Conveyancing

    Are indemnity insurance policies a waste of money, with no legal basis in some cases?

    Duration: 06:45

  • Grocery Price Watch

    The average price of a basket of shopping has gone up in the last 6 months

    Duration: 03:45

  • Flow Energy

    An update from Chloe Parrish on changing her energy account from her late husband's name

    Duration: 02:11

  • Vodafone

    Ofcom complaint figures show Vodafone is still the most complained about mobile operator

    Duration: 05:46

  • Pesticides in Food

    Are organic fruit and veg ever pesticide free?

    Duration: 09:32

  • Activated Charcoal Toothpaste

    Trend on social media and reality TV celebs whitening their teeth with activated charcoal

    Duration: 03:51

  • Leaseholds

    Many big developers will continue to sell houses leasehold

    Duration: 05:18

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Apr 2017 12:15

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