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Lucy Tobin, Katriona Gilmore, child benefit

07/01/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Lucy Tobin, Katriona Gilmore, child benefit

Impact of child benefit changes, Katriona Gilmore, and Lucy Tobin on living well on less.

Lucy Tobin on living well but spending less, plus the impact of changes to child benefit, and Katriona Gilmore sings about Victorian surgeon Dr James Barry, who was really a woman.

We discuss changes to who gets child benefit payments. Lucy Tobin, personal finance editor of the London Evening Standard on Ausperty - living well but spending less. We talk to the women at Great Ormond Street Hospital who are doing ground-breaking research into treating children with side effects associated with bone marrow transplants. Katriona Gilmore tells us about the Victorian Army surgeon who inspired her song, Dr James. Gilmore and Roberts are nominated for the best duo award in the BBC Radio Folk Awards 2013.
Presenter Jane Garvey.
Producer Sarah Crawley.

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