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Tax free childcare, new ways to tackle modern slavery and the issue of child abuse and neglect聽 are all聽 likely to be in this year鈥檚 Queen Speech.聽 As the State Opening of Parliament gets underway we look at what鈥檚 being done to attract the woman鈥檚 vote at next year鈥檚聽 General Election and how the other main parties are positioning themselves on issues like child care to attract working parents.聽

The Government is introducing tax breaks worth up to 拢2,000 per child to help working parents to meet the costs of childcare. Jenni talks to Nicky Morgan, the Women鈥檚 Minister and Financial Secretary to the Treasury, about how this tax relief will work and about what she is doing to make sure women鈥檚 voices are heard in government.

Margaret Bondfield should be a household name. She became one of Britain鈥檚 first female MP's in 1923 and six years later became the country鈥檚 first woman cabinet minister.聽 She was also the only female chairman of the T.U.C General Council. So why do we know so little about this important figure in women鈥檚 political history? Author and journalist Fran Abrams tells Jenni about her major achievements and her legacy.

Female prison dramas are a staple of the TV schedule, from Prisoner Call Block H to Bad Girls. The latest, , returns for a second season this week. Juliet Lyon from the and Sarah Crompton, Arts Editor of the Daily Telegraph discuss whether fictional portrayals have anything useful to add to the debates around women in prison.聽

, the larger-than-life star of has won Critic's Choice at the Reveal Fashion Awards. Gemma is a plus-size former car dealer. She found it difficult to find clothes on the high street 鈥� so she brought out her own range. She joins Jenni to talk about building up a business and how being an Essex girl isn鈥檛 all lashes, fake tan and perfume.