2 pm Tuesday 12 June 2018 The Wilson Room, Portcullis House The APPG on Responsible Taxation and the Women’s Budget Group invite you to: Why does tax matter for equality between women and men? A fair tax system is critical to ensuring gender equality and...
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PRESS RELEASE: Spring Statement 2018
13 March 2018 For immediate release You can download a PDF of the press release here. In response to the Spring Statement Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the UK Women’s Budget Group said today The Chancellor claimed that ‘there is light at the end of the tunnel’...
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PRESS RELEASE: Brexit risks “turning the clock back on gender equality”
Analysis, Main Feature, Research Reports
New report reveals damaging economic impact of Brexit on women: View and download the report here. The first independent report looking at the economic impact of Brexit on women has today been published by the Women’s Budget Group and the Fawcett Society. The...
read morePRESS RELEASE: Spring Statement 2018
Analysis, Budget Analysis, News
13 March 2018 For immediate release You can download a PDF of the press release here. In response to the Spring Statement Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the UK Women’s Budget Group said today The Chancellor claimed that ‘there is light at the end of the tunnel’...
read moreBriefing paper: Universal Credit and financial abuse
You can download a PDF version of the briefing here. We are releasing a full report on the issue, due out in May. Key points The default system of paying Universal Credit as a single monthly payment to a couple can give abusive partners further opportunities to exert...
read moreFeminist Budget Takeover
On Monday 11th December the government has the opportunity to put fairness at the heart of our tax and benefit system. Stella Creasy MP, has put forward an amendment to the most recent budget asking the government to commit to analysing how its plans...
read morePRESS RELEASE: A chancellor tinkering at the margins: Women’s Budget Group response to Autumn Budget 2017
Analysis, Budget Analysis, Main Feature
You can view and download a full version of the Women’s Budget Group’s response to the November 2017 Budget here. This was a Budget marked by gloomy economic forecasts from the OBR. GDP is now projected to be 2% lower than previously predicted by 2022...
read moreAutumn 2017 budget ‘tinkering at the margins’ says Women’s Budget Group
22 November 2017 For immediate release In response to the 2017 Budget, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the UK Women’s Budget Group said today: ‘There were too many areas in the budget today where the chancellor chose to tinker at the margins of problems...
read moreUniversal Credit: A briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group
Analysis, Briefing Papers, Main Feature
View and download a PDF of the briefing here.. The Chancellor has announced that the waiting time for Universal Credit payments will be cut from six weeks. This is welcome news, but fails to address the many other significant problems that exist with...
read moreAutumn Budget 2017: Pre-Budget Briefings
Analysis, Briefing Papers, Main Feature
Ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group have written a series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas. Click on the links below to view a PDF version of each briefing: Brexit (View PDF) Childcare (View...
read moreGeneral Election blog: What about social care?
Proposals in the Conservative Party manifesto which would increase the number of people who have to pay for the care they receive in their own home hit the headlines yesterday. But with over a million people not getting the social care they need and local councils...
read moreSubmission to Government’s Industrial Strategy Consultation
In its submission to the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Consultation, the Women’s Budget Group welcomes the government’s recognition that a modern industrial strategy is needed to deliver a ‘fairer society’. We believe that the priorities set out in the strategy...
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