Money Box Live: Women's Finances
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
It's 50 years since the Sex Discrimination Act meant all women could take out mortgages and loans without needing a man to approve it.
In this programme we'll take a look at how things have changed for women's finances since then and what challenges they still face. From the cost of childcare to lower wages and pension pots.
Felicity Hannah is joined by Penny East, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, which is a gender equality and women's rights charity, and Louise Claro, Managing Director of Circle Financial Services and an independent financial adviser.
Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producers: Sarah Rogers and Catherine Lund Editor: Jess Quayle Senior News Editor: Sara Wadeson
(First broadcast at 3pm Wednesday 7th January 2026)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.6 | Resolutions, ideas of being different. |
| 0:10.3 | Can we create long-lasting change? |
| 0:12.2 | Doctors Chris and Zand Van Tullochin are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves. |
| 0:17.1 | You tried, it didn't work, what could you put in place? |
| 0:20.2 | And chartered psychologist Kimberly Wilson is on hand to help make sense of mental health. |
| 0:25.2 | We are constantly being told what's wrong with us, but there's so much that's right with us. |
| 0:30.7 | Reset and recharge with what's up docs and complex with Kimberly Wilson. |
| 0:35.2 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:37.9 | Hello, women's finances and how they've changed are clearly really important to our Moneybox podcast listeners. |
| 0:44.3 | When we covered the 50-year anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act, |
| 0:47.7 | which meant far more women could apply for a mortgage or loan without needing a man, |
| 0:52.0 | Mrs Pankhurst and her suffragettes of 70 years ago |
| 0:55.4 | could only dream of many of the provisions of this new act. |
| 0:59.2 | When I walked in, there were female staff in there, and they cheered. |
| 1:02.7 | They said, you are the first woman in here to be given a mortgage |
| 1:07.3 | without a male guarantor. |
| 1:09.6 | You flooded our inbox with your own experiences. |
| 1:12.9 | So we're dedicating today's programme to your stories and the impact that your gender can |
| 1:17.6 | have on your finances. In the UK, women and men are now equal under law and they can't |
| 1:22.9 | be discriminated against for financial products or paid more or less because of their gender. |
| 1:28.4 | But despite that, |
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