5 Live Investigates - Billions owed to small firms & rise in Paramedic stress

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5 Live Investigates has found that the Prompt Payment Code, a scheme to ensure small companies get paid on time isn't working. With £30 billion owed to small suppliers, former trade minister Lord Digby Jones is among those who thinks the code a failure.

And the programme obtains shocking figures which reveal the stress front line ambulance crews are under.

Published on Sunday, 13th October 2013.

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