Triple Whammy: the impact of local government cuts on women
This report explores the crisis that has been created by finding cuts to local government since 2010.
Consultation Response
The WBG has made a a submission to The Commission on Social Security, a project set up to find out how to make the welfare benefits system better.
The Women’s Budget Group has made a a submission to The Commission on Social Security, a project set up to find out how to make the welfare benefits system better. The project is user led, meaning all the people on the panel (the Commissioners) are people who are on or have been on benefits. The Commission asked people to submit their ideas on improving the social security system by responding to the following questions:
The Commission will produce a White Paper on welfare benefits which will outline the changes they think the Government needs to make to the law. Once the White Paper is finished, there will be a campaign to put the ideas in place to make the welfare benefits system better.
You can read more about the Commission on Social Security here.
You can view our submission here.
The deadline for submitting evidence to the Commission is The deadline is 31 July 2019 and you can do so here.
This report explores the crisis that has been created by finding cuts to local government since 2010.
Letter to Secretary of State to end the inequitable treatment of Maternity Allowance in the calculation of Universal Credit awards by the DWP.
9 December 2015: Topics covered in the debate, which lasted three hours, included the gender pay gap, benefit changes, and occupational segregation
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