Poverty in the UK: the need for a gender perspective
This briefing paper is based on a report on gender and poverty written for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Consultation Response
The Women’s Budget Group is pleased to be able to submit this response to the Public Accounts Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit.
This submission gives an overview of the gender impact of Universal Credit, focusing on the problems with the structural design of the system and the recent changes that have been introduced to it.
Recommendations
We recommend action be taken to address these issues:
This briefing paper is based on a report on gender and poverty written for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Letter to Secretary of State to end the inequitable treatment of Maternity Allowance in the calculation of Universal Credit awards by the DWP.
Cuts to corporation tax largely benefit men
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