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'Make no mistake, this is very bad news for everyone affected'
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What are the party manifestos promising on tax at this election, and how would their proposals impact women?
It’s the main way we pay for public expenditure, the public services and social security that we all need.
Because women look after others more than men, often at the expense of their own incomes, they use public services more and more of their income comes from social security.
Consequently, the overall level of taxation is a gender issue.
Since 2010 there have been a series of cuts to income tax, corporation tax and fuel duty that will cost the country £41 billion a year by 2020. The main beneficiaries of these tax cuts have been men. At the same time women have been hit hardest by cuts to public services and benefits.
So what are the party manifestos promising on tax at this election, and how would their proposals impact on women?
'Make no mistake, this is very bad news for everyone affected'
Briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group on the gender impact of changes in the tax treatment of savings and investments.
Briefing on the 2013 Transferable Tax Allowance (November, 2013)
Low-income black and Asian women bear the brunt of austerity, facing disproportionate losses in income due to tax and benefit changes.