Bridget Phillipson MP, Catherine Newman, Chanel Contos, Rachel Thompson, Karen Krizanovich, Baroness Altmann

Woman's Hour

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The conservatives and Labour party appear to be agreed on one issue on the political agenda – that is childcare. Both parties realise it will be a key battleground in the general election with polling suggesting it is of particular concern in some of the red wall seat which the conservatives need to hold onto if they are to stay in government. The UK’s childcare system is one of the most expensive in the world and ranked one of the least effective according to a recent report by UNICEF. Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson joins Nuala McGovern in the studio to discuss her party’s plans for reform which she says will compare with Aneurin Bevan’s creation of the National Health Service. What is the role of a best friend at a deathbed? ‘We All Want Impossible Things’ a new novel by Catherine Newman is funny and rude as well as very sad and it’s a celebration of all sorts of love. Ash's best friend is dying and her heart is breaking but life does go on, until it stops. Catherine Newman joins Nuala to explain what inspired the book When she was 19, Chanel Contos was playing a drinking game with friends. Someone asked ‘what’s the kinkiest thing you like to do during sex? Her 17-year-old friend replied, ‘It’s not really that kinky, but I guess choking.’ Now 24, and listed as one of the BBC’s 100 Women, Chanel wants to challenge the normalisation of sexual choking (and other acts such as spitting or slapping). She’s joined on the programme by writer Rachel Thompson, author of Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom and what We Can Do about it. They discuss why these acts are so prevalent, and whether women and girls are feeling pressured into them. Could the state pension age be raised again from 67 to 68 and what would it mean for women? We talk to the former pensions minister and conserative peer Baroness Ros Altmann. And we hear the latest about female nominations at the Oscars with film critic Karen Krizanovich. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Donald McDonald

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, this is Nulem Agoveren and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:09.1	Hello, you're very welcome to Wednesday's edition of the programme.
0:15.4	If you're listening right now, have you been thinking about when you might retire?
0:19.8	Are you one of those people that are counting the days?
0:22.0	Well, if so, you might need to add a few more days because plans have been floated to
0:27.9	raise the retirement age.
0:30.7	Will they materialise?
0:31.7	That's a question.
0:32.8	No confirmation has yet, but some believe that it could be raised to 68 in a bid to save
0:38.1	money, which would affect, I should say, these plans.
0:41.2	People aged 54 and under.
0:43.7	So what would that mean to you?
0:45.4	Well, we've rose out and standing by.
0:47.4	We will speak to her in just a moment.
0:49.6	We also want to continue our conversation on childcare, Bridget Phillipsson, Shadow Education
0:53.8	and Secretary, we'll be with us to discuss what reforms labour are drawing up.
0:58.4	It's expected to be a key issue in the next election.
1:02.5	Some people say childcare, childcare, childcare.
1:04.6	I know Estonia and Australia are in their sites for inspiration, so we'll talk about why
1:09.0	that is.
1:10.7	And to a book.
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