WBG responds to PPI’s findings on Gender Pension Gap
WBG responds to the Pensions and Policy's latest findings on the gender pension gap.
UK Policy Briefing
WBG's analyses of the gender impact of the state and private pension systems.
The current British pension system, including state and private pensions, is grossly inadequate for most women. It neither meets women’s needs nor takes account of their different life experiences, meaning that too many women face poverty in old age.
When it comes to pensions women lose out because:
WBG Comment on DWP Green Paper ‘Simplicity, security and choice: Working and saving for retirement’ (March 2003) Available here.
WBG response to House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs Call for Evidence on the Aspects of the Economics of an Ageing Population (March 2003) Available here.
WBG responds to the Pensions and Policy's latest findings on the gender pension gap.
This briefing is an overview of the gender impact of the Universal Credit system
The WBG and Runnymede Trust summarise key findings from a cumulative distributional analysis of tax and benefit changes since 2010.
A 2017 report from WBG & The Runnymede Trust looking at the impact of austerity on Black and Minority Ethnic women.