One in five pet owners have had a problem with soaring insurance premiums – with dog and cat lovers being charged as much as £2,000 to protect their precious animals, a Which? survey has found. In a survey of over 1,300 Which? members, the average price for an annual lifetime policy has reached £472 for a dog […]
Systemic failure in the care home sector is leaving the majority of people with limited choice and half of people needing care having to wait for a bed, according to new research by Which?. The consumer champion found that almost half of people (48%) who had arranged care for themselves or a loved one said there weren’t any places in at […]
Alex Neill, Which? Managing Director of Home Products and Services, said: “It is encouraging to see that overall levels of campylobacter in chickens are falling and that major retailers are meeting the FSA’s target. “However there is no room for complacency as the survey shows that levels can vary greatly depending on where consumers shop […]
Alex Neil, Which? Director of Policy and Campaigns, said: “Despite the work by the regulator and the industry to reduce campylobacter in chickens, levels remain too high and it still poses a significant risk to the public. “We want to see much greater transparency from the supermarkets on their own testing and the action they […]
Alex Neill, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Which?, said: “A fundamental review of the rules governing how foods high in sugar, fat and salt are marketed to children up to 16 years of age is long overdue. “New rules to cover how unhealthy products are marketed to children on social media and packaging, in line […]
Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said: “It’s vital the Food Standards Agency keeps the pressure on supermarkets to reduce Campylobacter levels in chicken. “While there has been some progress recently, levels of contamination and related illness remains too high so a sustained effort is still required to fight this.”
Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd said: “It’s encouraging that retailers have made some progress in reducing campylobacter levels in chicken but levels are still unacceptably high. The progress Morrisons have made to meet the FSA’s target shows that it can be done and other supermarkets should tighten up their controls to ensure they’re reducing levels […]
In a new Which? snapshot survey, we found a worrying number of grandparents could be breaking the law by not using a child car seat. Our survey of over 300 grandparents has revealed one in five (22%) admit to not using a child car seat when driving their grandchildren aged 10 and under and could, […]
Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, said: “Healthwatch is absolutely right to recognise that a single public services ombudsman is just the first of the reforms needed to make the complaints system work effectively. Millions who had a problem with a public service last year didn’t complain so it’s clear more needs to be done to […]
Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd said: “Last year we found that four in ten people who had a problem with the NHS didn’t complain, with one in seven saying they were put off from doing so because they feared getting worse care or treatment as a result. “The Government must make reforming the complaints system […]