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Woman's Hour: 25/08/2010

25/08/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 25/08/2010

Is withdrawing benefits the best way to get lone parents back to work? With Jane Garvey.

Is withdrawing benefits the best way to get lone parents back to work? Plus author Wendy Perriam on the unlikely hero of her latest novel. Presented by Jane Garvey.

Lone parents of young children who don't work are facing changes to their benefits this autumn to encourage them back into the jobs market. Some could lose out, so is withdrawing benefits the best way to get lone parents back to work? Author Wendy Perriam on her latest novel about an unlikely hero called Eric - a librarian looking for love and the personal demons he confronts along the way. At least a million children of school age have an ongoing medical condition such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy. Should there be a statutory requirement to provide medical care for them at school? We hear from one mother whose child has diabetes. Presented by Jane Garvey.

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