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Card charges, Village halls and Mobile fines

From this weekend, businesses cannot charge people using bank cards, but how water-tight is the new law? And confusion reigns over what constitutes using a mobile phone in a car.

Businesses will be barred from charging consumers fees to use their credit cards from tomorrow but has the law been drafted so loosely it will make little difference

Rural campaign groups have banded together to promote village halls - they want more countryside dwellers to volunteer to help out and use them more often.

Parliament prepares to clamp down on the use of software used to y ticket touts to hoover up hot tickets to events before the public have a chance to buy them.

People with mental health conditions call for the vetting process for so called Personal Independence Payments to be changed to better reflect their potential for work.

Hundreds of small charities are closing each year because they are unable to compete with the big beasts in the sector who get the overwhelming majority of donations. Should anything be done to make it easier for niche charities to survive?

The law covering the use of mobile phones relies on legislation passed before smart phones were invented - campaigners say it's too vague and needs to be overhauled to take account of the way we use technology in cars.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • Card Charges

    Charging extra for some card payments has been outlawed

    Duration: 04:55

  • Village Halls

    Rural campaign groups rally around village halls

    Duration: 05:55

  • Music Bots

    So called music bots that buy up 'hot' entertainment tickets are banned

    Duration: 06:30

  • Aspergers

    How changes to PIP have hit people on the autistic spectrum

    Duration: 06:34

  • Small Charities

    Smaller charities are struggling with hundreds closing

    Duration: 06:08

  • SAT NAV

    The confusion over the law covering mobile phone usage in vehicles

    Duration: 07:57

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  • Fri 12 Jan 2018 12:15

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