Abortion, Spending Review, Lara Pulver, Yael van der Wouden

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Next week not one but two amendments are being brought before MPs, both of which could mean, if passed, that women will no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales. It comes amid concern more women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy. Anita Rani is joined by the BBC's Health Correspondent Nick Triggle and Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi, one of those who is tabling an amendment

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week announced an extra £29bn per year for the NHS, along with funding boosts for defence and housing as she set out the government's spending plans for the coming years. What impact could the spending review announcements have on women? Eir Nolsoe, Economic Correspondent at the Telegraph, and Erin Mansell from the Women's Budget Group join Anita to discuss.

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden is set in the Netherlands in 1960 and tells the story of Isabel and Eva, two women who are both struggling to find their place in a society that isn’t yet modern but does not want to reflect on the horrors of the Second World War. Yael joins Anita to discuss her critically acclaimed debut novel which has been shortlisted for both the Booker and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Olivier Award-winning actor Lara Pulver joins Anita in the studio to talk about playing matriarch Golde in the critically acclaimed production of The Fiddler on the Roof at The Barbican Theatre.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Corinna Jones

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0:00.0	Why do some big successful brands go bust?
0:05.0	Toast is back for a new series, taking a look at the decisions that often left investors burnt.
0:11.0	I'm Sean Farrington, a BBC business journalist. I'll be hearing about the hype.
0:15.0	They're going to do the deal that makes them the most money at that point of time.
0:19.0	And I'm picking what went wrong, talking to owners and employees to ask, what can we learn?
0:25.4	It was being undercut by similar rivals. It just couldn't survive.
0:30.3	Toast. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.9	BBC Sounds, music, Radio Podcasts.
0:39.2	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:44.0	Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast.
0:50.7	Welcome to the programme.
0:52.1	The new production of Fiddler on the Roof has received 13 nominations,
0:56.6	including Best Actress in a Musical for Lara Pulver,
0:59.6	who plays The Mama Golder.
1:01.7	Lara will be here, and she's brought some of the cast,
1:04.2	including the amazing fiddler with her,
1:06.3	and we're going to be treated to a live performance.
1:09.1	Rachel Reeves announced her spending review.
1:11.5	We'll be understanding what impact it will have on the lives of women.
1:15.6	I'm speaking to Yael Fanda Vauden, whose debut novel The Safekeep, was not only shortlisted
1:21.8	for the Booker Prize last year.
1:23.3	She's also nominated for the Women's Prize, not surprising as it's excellent.
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