Social security and gender: Briefing for a new government
This briefing outlines how a more adequate and sustainable social security system is vital to the recovery of people’s lives and the economy.
Report
This report highlights one aspect of the intersection between Universal Credit and financial abuse – the single payment.
The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) scrutinises government policy from a gender perspective, and has been concerned about the gender implications of Universal Credit (UC) since its introduction. This report highlights one aspect of the intersection between UC and financial abuse – the single payment.
UC contains other features which have implications for gender equality and for survivors of domestic abuse; for example:
There are also wider social security issues affecting women and affecting domestic abuse survivors, outlined in section 9. Whilst this report focuses on the UC single payment specifically, the WBG is equally concerned about these wider issues and will be publishing material on them in the future.
This briefing outlines how a more adequate and sustainable social security system is vital to the recovery of people’s lives and the economy.
Pensions do not feature particularly heavily in the 2019 election manifestos from the four main parties. This blog explores the themes that do.
WBG and Gingerbread are calling on the Government to follow through with the promise to uprate benefits in line with inflation.
A joint policy briefing by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Runnymede Trust and Women’s Budget Group