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The Church of England’s legislative body has given first approval to new proposals that could eventually allow women to become bishops. The vote, which took place at the General Synod session in London this week, comes a year after the synod rejected previous plans by just six votes – a result that left the church fractured and facing much criticism. The new simplified proposals, which have been praised by leading religious figures on both sides of the debate, could lead to a final vote on the issue next summer.ÌýRobert Pigott is the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Religious Affairs Correspondent, Susie Leafe is the Director of the conservative evangelical group and a lay member of the synod who voted against female bishops, and Reverend Jody Stowell is a Priest in North London and part of the campaign group .

From dreams of cream teas and country garden, to the reality of rationing and bombed buildings – ’s new book tells the stories of Austrian women who were recruited to work in the UK after WW2. Marion - along with Erika Slowman and Erika Lang, who both moved to England in the late 1940s - tells Jane how England compared to their expectations, how they were treated, and how they feel about their two countries.

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Last week Professor Elizabeth Kuipers from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London received a WISE life-time achievement award for her work on mental illness. She helped to transform thinking about schizophrenia in the 1980s by proving that family support can significantly improve the outcomes for people living with the illness.ÌýElizabeth talks to Jane about her research, and is joined by Lindsey Cree, whose son was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 17.

Unemployment statistics indicate the numbers of those without a job recently fell. However, for young people in the UK the numbers without work continue to hover around the one million mark. More young men than young women are unemployed, but there are more young women than men not in education, employment, or training – a group otherwise known as NEETs. Jane is joined by Employment Minister, Esther McVey, and by Senior Research Fellow from the IPPR, Kayte Lawson, to explore why this is the situation and if enough is being done to address this problem.

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