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Radio 4,13 Jan 2012,58 mins

Margaret Thatcher and the North, Finance and missing persons and Shirley Woodman

Woman's Hour

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Was Margaret Thatcher responsible for the north/south divide? Jenni speaks to two former northern MPs Elizabeth Peacock and Joyce Quin to get their take on the 1980s. Shirley Woodman fought a long battle to be able to sue the man who tried to rape her - after he won seven million pounds in the lottery. She tells Jenni about her long campaign. Plus - if a person goes missing should it be easier for families to access that person's finances? There's a call to bring the law in England and Wales in line with that in Scotland and Northern Ireland. We also examine the morality of the present breast implant scandal.

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