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Balkan Holidays, Rail Fines and Renting v Buying

What's cheaper - rent or a mortgage? And how should rail fare-dodgers be dealt with?

What's cheaper - paying rent every month, or a mortgage? We'll hear about some new research. Fare dodging, innocent or not, is a huge problem for the rail industry. But how should people who don't buy the proper tickets for a rail journey be dealt with? Ahead of the publication of a review into this very question, we'll hear from someone unhappy at how he was dealt with for using an expired railcard. Is Costco with its giant warehouse stores a threat to the regular supermarkets? And the UK arm of the travel company Balkan Holiday has collapsed - we'll hear what that means for people with bookings.

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON

PRODUCER: TOM MOSELEY

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53 minutes

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Mon 5 May 2025 12:04

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  • Mon 5 May 2025 12:04

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