Rip Off Britain

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville meet the homeowners who say their drives and gardens are being held to ransom by a little-known government agency that claims it owns tiny sections of them and is looking to sell. They also expose the flaws in the register for UK companies that allow dodgy firms to appear legit. And, as more viewers go in search of advice from the experts in our pop-up shop, we meet the dog owner who is £3,000 out of pocket after his pet insurance policy wouldn’t pay out.

Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville return to expose more of the tactics deployed by scammers to get their hands on your money. Today, the taxman scam - almost certainly the biggest fraud in Britain, with a million people targeted by it last year alone. We investigate the ever-evolving tactics behind it and how you can make sure you’re not hit. Gloria gets the latest on the efforts being made to stop the scammers behind fake celebrity endorsements that are used to make dodgy deals look legit. We hear from job seekers who were told that before they could even get an interview, they would need to pay for training that ultimately turned out to be pointless, and there’s more unmissable advice from the experts in our pop-up shop.