It is time we had the right to repair

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Baroness Hayman sets out why she is proposing an amendment to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill which would make it easier and cheaper to repair electronics

The runaway success of BBC One's The Repair Shop speaks of a much wider public appetite for a society that throws away less and mends more. Research has found that two thirds of people are regularly...

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