Councils in England and Wales are owed half a billion pounds - mainly in uncollected taxes and fines; money that's needed for essential services. Now, more and more, many are turning to bailiffs to recover the money. File on 4 hears from those on the receiving end - and industry insiders who say their colleagues are incentivised to behave badly. Mark Lobel also speaks to those at the forefront of industry reform who believe say the industry still needs to clean up its act.
Reporter: Mark Lobel Producers: Phil Marzouk Journalism Assistant: Tim Fernley Editor: Carl Johnston
Paying the Price - Private Hospitals
Transforming Care - Is it Working?
Debt Killed My Dad
Paralympics – Gaming the System?
Counting the Cost: Antidepressant Use in Children
Prison, drugs and debts - who's paying the price?
Construction in Crisis?
The Private World of the NHS
Falling Short - Fake News and Financial Markets
Back Home from ISIS
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Citizenship for Sale
Criminal Records?
The Lost Children of Marianvale
The Invisible Man of Britain’s Far Right
A Place of Safety?
Squalid Prisons - Who's to Blame?
The Missing Bitcoin Billions
Disclosing the Truth
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