The Fix focuses on debt and why it's such an intractable problem. Matthew Taylor and Cat Drew visit a London borough where more than one in ten people owe money to the council.
This is the third series of Radio 4's programme which tries to solve some of the UK's most difficult social problems. This year, The Fix spends three episodes looking at one issue: debt. Why is it such an intractable problem in the UK, where 15% of the population have no savings at all? Presenters Matthew Taylor and Cat Drew visit the borough of Barking and Dagenham in east London, where more than one in ten people there owe money to the council.
They speak to working people about how debt is affecting their lives, to the council about what they're doing to try to help, and ask why current solutions don鈥檛 go far enough.
Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Researcher: Eleanor Biggs
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- Wed 15 Jan 2020 20:00主播大秀 Radio 4
- Sat 18 Jan 2020 22:15主播大秀 Radio 4
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