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You clicked buy, but don't own it? E-commerce law has to change

You clicked buy, but don't own it? E-commerce law has to change

Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google Imagine walking into a shop, buying a DVD, taking it home and then,...

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If motorists were ripped off, why should compensation depend on what lenders can afford? writes Dean Dunham KC

If motorists were ripped off, why should compensation depend on what lenders can afford? writes Dean Dunham KC

When a consumer has been treated unfairly, compensation should surely be based on one simple principle: putting them back into the position they would...

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£160m vanished and investors offered 5p in the pound, when does a bad investment become a scam?

£160m vanished and investors offered 5p in the pound, when does a bad investment become a scam?

Banks should not compensate consumers simply because an investment goes wrong. Listen to this article Investment involves risk. Sometimes businesses...

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Cowboy builders won’t voluntarily sign up to stop being cowboys, this crackdown needs teeth

Cowboy builders won’t voluntarily sign up to stop being cowboys, this crackdown needs teeth

We’ve all heard the horror stories and in fact I hear them most weeks on the LBC Consumer Hour. Listen to this article A builder takes a £20,000...

28.08.2026 10

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Britain's investment loophole has gone on long enough

Imagine a financial product is considered so risky that the regulator says it should not normally be marketed to ordinary consumers. You’d assume...

24.08.2026 10

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AI is making scams almost impossible to spot – so stop blaming consumers when they fall for them, writes Dean Dunham KC

For years, standard advice to consumers about scams has been simple: look for warning signs, such as poor spelling, strange email addresses,...

23.08.2026 20

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Banks tell us to spot the warning signs of scams – so why aren’t they spotting them? writes Dean Dunham KC

Banks constantly tell consumers to be vigilant about scams. Listen to this article Stop. Think. Check who you’re paying. Look for warning signs and...

20.08.2026 10

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Scammers have found a loophole in Britain’s fraud rules – and it leaves your money completely unprotected, writes Dean Dunham KC

Just when we thought consumers were finally getting better protection from bank scams, the fraudsters have found another way around the rules. Listen...

18.08.2026 10

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France has killed off cold calling - Britain should do exactly the same, writes Dean Dunham

France has done something this week that millions of British consumers will surely look at with envy: it has effectively said enough is enough when it...

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Burnham’s subscription crackdown is a win for consumer but let’s not pretend the job is done, writes Dean Dunham KC

At first glance, Andy Burnham’s crackdown on dodgy subscription practices is unquestionably good news for consumers. Listen to this article And I...

12.08.2026 20

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TV Licensing's threatening letters are a bluff - and it's time they stopped, writes Dean Dunham KC

There's a letter that lands on millions of doormats each year, dressed up in the language of menace. Listen to this article "Investigation...

06.08.2026 10

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Buy Now, Pay Later is changing - and you might not make enough money to use it, writes Dean Dunham

For years, Buy Now Pay Later has been the wild west of British spending. Listen to this article One in five adults has used it, lending topped £13...

16.07.2026 20

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Summer VAT cuts sound great - just don't assume savings land in your pocket, writes Dean Dunham KC

Today, the Government's Great British Summer Savings scheme slashes VAT from 20% to 5% on a clutch of family treats: children's meals in...

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Four million ruined holidays a year - and most of us still don't know our rights, writes Dean Dunham KC

We save all year for it, count down to it and for more than four million of us, the package holiday we had pinned our hopes on goes wrong somewhere...

10.06.2026 20

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The triple lock isn't "immoral" - but pretending it can last forever might be, writes Dean Dunham

When Jeremy Hunt calls the pensions triple lock "not just unaffordable, but actually immoral", he's reaching for a word designed to...

01.06.2026 20

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The Renters’ Rights Act is modern Britain’s most overdue reform. That landlords are panicking tells you everything, writes Dean Dunham

On Friday morning, the rules of one of the most dysfunctional markets in modern Britain change forever. Listen to this article From 1 May 2026, the...

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Why are we waiting until 2027 to fix 'subscription traps' costing Brits £1.6 billion a year, writes Dean Dunham KC

At first glance, the government’s crackdown on so-called “subscription traps” is exactly the kind of intervention consumers have been crying out...

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