December 31, 2022

Loot Boxes, Pension Compensation and Bank Closures

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25 minutes

An new report suggests children are put at risk by 'loot boxes' in video games.

More than a thousand steelworkers will share compensation of £49 million for pension mis-selling, but campaigners say it is unfair and inadequate.

HSBC will close a quarter of its remaining branches next year. It is offering some customers free computer tablets instead.

And more on spray foam - a plea for it not to be included in the Government's new £1 billion energy efficiency scheme because of the frequent problems it causes in getting a mortgage.

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Money Box

By BBC Radio 4

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December 31, 2022

Loot Boxes, Pension Compensation and Bank Closures

Listen Later

25 minutes

An new report suggests children are put at risk by 'loot boxes' in video games.

More than a thousand steelworkers will share compensation of £49 million for pension mis-selling, but campaigners say it is unfair and inadequate.

HSBC will close a quarter of its remaining branches next year. It is offering some customers free computer tablets instead.

And more on spray foam - a plea for it not to be included in the Government's new £1 billion energy efficiency scheme because of the frequent problems it causes in getting a mortgage.

...more

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