Why British women don't save

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Women in Ghana with Bono discussing microfinance
Women in Ghana with Bono discussing microfinance

Olivier Asselin/AP/Press Association Images

A survey for International Women's Day on Thursday has found that British women have an appalling attitude to saving, earning and understanding money. In fact, those on relatively low incomes are roughly half as likely to be saving as those on minuscule incomes in Ghana.

So what's stopping them?

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