Open Letter: A letter to Rishi Sunak on the UN Tax Convention
An open letter asking the UK government to support the negotiation of the UN framework convention on international tax cooperation.
UK Budget Assessment
Response to Budget 2015 – The WBG calls for rebuilding the foundations before fixing the roof.
After five years of public sector cuts and welfare reforms – which the Women’s Budget Group has argued time and again have had a disproportionate impact on women, particularly low income women, single mothers, and single women pensioners – the final budget of the Coalition government offered little in the way of succour.
Once again the Budget has featured tax measures which predominantly benefit men alongside the threat of yet more spending cuts to come which will disproportionately disadvantage women.
An open letter asking the UK government to support the negotiation of the UN framework convention on international tax cooperation.
Briefing on the 2013 Transferable Tax Allowance (November, 2013)
At the Women’s Budget Group we are happy to see that the IMF is paying some attention to Gender Budgeting.
The "living wage" falls short and reductions in support exacerbate vulnerabilities, particularly for victims of domestic abuse.