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Mornings: With Kaye Adams - 05/02/2020

With Kaye Adams - 05/02/2020

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Should period products be free to all or a luxury we can't afford?

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A Holyrood committee has rejected a bid to change the law and make Scotland the first country to provide free period products for anyone who needs them.  Labour MSP Monica Lennon -- whose member's Bill set out to establish a universal right of access to products -- estimated it would be around ten million pounds a year. The Scottish Government said it could be more than double that.

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THE COURT OF KAREN
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CARE REVIEW
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MUSIC TO WAKE UP TO
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