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Osborne’s recovery is an illusion, women still feel the pinch
Osborne's Autumn Financial Statement neglects women's struggles, lacks social service investment, exacerbates income inequality.
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Media Round-Up: September 2021
Media Round-Up for September 2021
Latest:
- The Guardian- Boris Johnson has created a ‘social care plan’ without any plan for social care
- Glamour Magazine- Struggling to save on a budget? Boost your savings on a lower income
- Inside Housing- 100 signatories on letter urging government not to cut Universal Credit
- The Guardian- ‘A kick in the teeth’: British mothers and pregnant women fear return to workplace
- The Guardian- UK failing on childcare, finds survey of over 20,000 working parents
- The Guardian- High cost of childcare in UK makes low income parents resort to food banks
- Chronicle Live- Thousand of parents hit by childcare costs ‘bigger than their rent or mortgage’
- Refinery29- Housing is less affordable than ever for young women
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