PRESS RELEASE: Universal Credit risks increasing women’s vulnerability to financial abuse, say women’s groups
Women’s Budget Group, Surviving Economic Abuse & the End Violence Against Women Coalition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19 JUNE 2018 Universal Credit risks increasing women's vulnerability to financial abuse, say women's groups “More money may go straight...
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Universal Credit and financial abuse: exploring the links
A new report from the Women’s Budget Group, End Violence Against Women Coalition and Surviving Economic Abuse. As Universal Credit continues to roll out nationally, this new report raises concerns that Universal Credit payments which are paid into one bank account for...
PRESS RELEASE: Brexit risks “turning the clock back on gender equality”
New report reveals damaging economic impact of Brexit on women: View and download the report here. The first independent report looking at the economic impact of Brexit on women has today been published by the Women’s Budget Group and the Fawcett Society. The...
PRESS RELEASE: Spring Statement 2018
13 March 2018 For immediate release You can download a PDF of the press release here. In response to the Spring Statement Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the UK Women’s Budget Group said today The Chancellor claimed that ‘there is light at the end of the tunnel’...
Briefing paper: Universal Credit and financial abuse
You can download a PDF version of the briefing here. We are releasing a full report on the issue, due out in May. Key points The default system of paying Universal Credit as a single monthly payment to a couple can give abusive partners further opportunities to exert...
Feminist Budget Takeover
On Monday 11th December the government has the opportunity to put fairness at the heart of our tax and benefit system. Stella Creasy MP, has put forward an amendment to the most recent budget asking the government to commit to analysing how its plans...
PRESS RELEASE: A chancellor tinkering at the margins: Women’s Budget Group response to Autumn Budget 2017
You can view and download a full version of the Women’s Budget Group’s response to the November 2017 Budget here. This was a Budget marked by gloomy economic forecasts from the OBR. GDP is now projected to be 2% lower than previously predicted by 2022...
Autumn 2017 budget ‘tinkering at the margins’ says Women’s Budget Group
22 November 2017 For immediate release In response to the 2017 Budget, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the UK Women’s Budget Group said today: ‘There were too many areas in the budget today where the chancellor chose to tinker at the margins of problems...
Universal Credit: A briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group
View and download a PDF of the briefing here.. The Chancellor has announced that the waiting time for Universal Credit payments will be cut from six weeks. This is welcome news, but fails to address the many other significant problems that exist with...
Autumn Budget 2017: Pre-Budget Briefings
Ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group have written a series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas. Click on the links below to view a PDF version of each briefing: Brexit (View PDF) Childcare (View...
General Election blog: What about social care?
Proposals in the Conservative Party manifesto which would increase the number of people who have to pay for the care they receive in their own home hit the headlines yesterday. But with over a million people not getting the social care they need and local councils...
PRESS RELEASE: Universal Credit risks increasing women’s vulnerability to financial abuse, say women’s groups
Women’s Budget Group, Surviving Economic Abuse & the End Violence Against Women Coalition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19 JUNE 2018 Universal Credit risks increasing women's vulnerability to financial abuse, say women's groups “More money may go straight...
Report Launch: The Female Face of Poverty – examining the causes and consequences of economic deprivation for women
6.30-8.00pm Wednesday 18th July House of Lords, Committee Room 3A You are invited to: Addressing the causes and consequences of poverty for women: How do we promote women’s economic independence? Join the Women’s Budget Group as we launch our new report...
Evidence submitted to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry: Universal Credit and Domestic Abuse
On 18 April 2018, the Work and Pensions Committee held a one-off evidence session on the potential impact of the way Universal Credit must be paid as a single payment to a household, rather than to individual claimants, on survivors of domestic abuse. The...
Guest blog: Brexit, Work and Women
Agnes Norris Keiller is a research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. She is currently researching the labour market impacts of future trade policy scenarios in work funded under the ESRC's UK in a Changing Europe initiative. With less than a year until...
APPG on Responsible Taxation: Why does tax matter for equality between women and men?
2 pm Tuesday 12 June 2018 The Wilson Room, Portcullis House The APPG on Responsible Taxation and the Women’s Budget Group invite you to: Why does tax matter for equality between women and men? A fair tax system is critical to ensuring gender equality and...
The gender pay gap: myth-busting!
Last week saw the deadline for UK employers with 250 or more employees to publish their gender pay gap data. Over 10,000 businesses reported payroll figures comparing the average pay of men and women within their organisation. At first glance, it isn’t pretty....
PRESS RELEASE: Spring Statement 2018
13 March 2018 For immediate release You can download a PDF of the press release here. In response to the Spring Statement Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the UK Women’s Budget Group said today The Chancellor claimed that ‘there is light at the end of the tunnel’...
Submission to the OHCHR: The impact of economic reform policies on women’s human rights
The UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights is calling for contributions from NGOs, civil servants, academia and other stakeholders on the impact of austerity on women's human rights. The evidence that cuts to benefits and public spending have...
Exploring the economic impact of Brexit on women
6:45pm - 8pm Tuesday 27 March House of Lords Committee Room 4A Exploring the economic impact of Brexit on women A joint meeting organised by the Women’s Budget Group and Fawcett Society #FaceHerFuture Hosted by Baroness Drake Brexit will mean new trading...
Guest blog // Debt is not a crime: reviewing imprisonment for council tax non-payment
We have a guest blog from Naima Sakande, Women’s Justice Advocate at the Centre for Criminal Appeals, looking at the issue of people being unlawfully imprisoned for failing to pay their Council Tax, something which disproportionately affects women. This is an issue...