Please join the Women’s Budget Group at a reception to celebrate our work and launch Women Count: A casebook on gender responsive budgeting Wednesday 19 September 2018 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm The Living Room, City Hall, London, SE1 2AA The last few...
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Submission to the Public Accounts Committee Universal Credit inquiry
The Women’s Budget Group is pleased to be able to submit this response to the Public Accounts Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit. Read and download our full submission here. This submission gives an overview of the gender impact of Universal Credit, focusing on...
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The Female Face of Poverty: Examining the causes and consequences of economic deprivation for women
Analysis, Main Feature, Research Reports
This is a report about the causes of poverty among women and the consequences that poverty has on women’s lives. It is part of a collaboration between the Women’s Budget Group (WBG) and five women’s organisations in Coventry to improve the support they...
read moreSubmission to the Public Accounts Committee Universal Credit inquiry
The Women’s Budget Group is pleased to be able to submit this response to the Public Accounts Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit. Read and download our full submission here. This submission gives an overview of the gender impact of Universal Credit, focusing on...
read moreUniversal Credit and financial abuse: exploring the links
A new report from the Women’s Budget Group, End Violence Against Women Coalition and Surviving Economic Abuse. As Universal Credit continues to roll out nationally, this new report raises concerns that Universal Credit payments which are paid into one bank account for...
read morePRESS 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...
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