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UK Policy Briefings Losses in the Childcare Sector UK Policy Briefings A purple, green and red new deal for equitable sustainable development in the UK UK Policy Briefings Equality impact assessments and equality-responsiveness of budgets in English local authorities Reports Gender Differences in Access to Coronavirus Government Support Reports One year on: Women are less likely than men to feel the Government’s response to Covid-19 has met their needs UK Budget Assessments A missed opportunity to ‘Build Back Better’ Our response to the Spring Budget 2021 Consultation Responses The Women’s Budget Group response to the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement UK Budget Assessments Spring Budget 2021 -Our Initial Response UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Women and employment during Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Violence against women and girls UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Social security, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Social care, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Maternity, paternity and parental leave UK Budget Assessments Spring Budget 2021: Local government, gender and Covid-19 UK Budget Assessments Spring Budget 2021: Housing, gender and Covid-19 UK Budget Assessments Spring Budget 2021: Household debt, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Health inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Pensions and Gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Education and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for young women UK Budget Assessments Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for migrant women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for disabled women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Childcare, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021 Pre-Budget Briefings Consultation Responses Submission to IPSA Consultation on Parental Leave UK Policy Briefings Shared Parental Leave reform Reports Pushed to More Precarity: The uneven impact of lockdowns on mothers and lower income parents Reports Lessons Learned: Where Women Stand at the Start of 2021 UK Policy Briefings Distribution of Money within the Household and Current Social Security Issues for Couples in the UK Consultation Responses WBG Budget Representation 2021 UK Policy Briefings Lockdown 2021: Immediate Actions Needed Consultation Responses Submission to HCLG Committee on The Spending Review and Local Government Finance December 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the HCLG Committee on the Planning System in England December 2020 UK Budget Assessments Response to the Spending Review 2020 UK Policy Briefings Covid-19 and Economic Challenges for Young Women UK Policy Briefings Social Care, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Covid-19 and Economic Challenges for Disabled Women UK Policy Briefings Taxation and Gender UK Policy Briefings Social Security, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Policy Briefings on Coronavirus and Inequalities UK Policy Briefings Housing, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Local Government, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Household Debt, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Covid-19 and Economics Challenges for Migrant Women UK Policy Briefings Health Inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Childcare, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings HMRC data prompts concern of ‘gender furlough gap’ Reports Inequalities in academia – impact on early career researchers Reports Creating a Caring Economy: A Call to Action This report explores how we can build back better after coronavirus through exploring what kind of world do we want to create? What kind of economy do we want to make? Reports The Case for Sustainable Funding for Women’s Centres Consultation Responses Submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review Representation October 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Treasury Committee inquiry: Tax after coronavirus October 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to Economic Affairs Committee Employment and Covid-19 inquiry September 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry on Funding and Workforce September 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Treasury Inquiry into Decarbonisation and Green Finance September 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Covid-19 Committee inquiry on Life Beyond Covid August 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the BEIS inquiry on post-pandemic growth June 2020 UK Policy Briefings Response to the Winter Economic Plan Consultation Responses Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into Human Rights Implications of Coronavirus Consultation Responses Submission to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into the Economic Impact of Coronavirus Reports Parenting and Covid-19 Reports Covid-19 Report- The Impact on Women in Coventry This report explores the key gendered impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on women in the UK, with a focus on the city of Coventry. Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum 2020 June 2020 Reports A Care-Led Recovery from Coronavirus The case for investment in care as a better post-pandemic economic stimulus than investment in construction. Consultation Responses Submission: Coronavirus and the Gendered Economic Impact Consultation Responses Submission to The Early Years Commission Consultation Responses Submission to The Labour Party’s ‘Green Recovery’ consultation Reports Disabled Women and Covid- 19 Reports BAME women and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Gender and the ‘Green New Deal’ UK Policy Briefings Response to the Government’s Covid-19 Recovery ‘Roadmap’ Reports Latest Report: Migrant Women and the Economy UK Policy Briefings Easing Lockdown: potential problems for women A briefing from the UK Women's Budget Group. Consultation Responses Submission to the Women and Equalities Committee on Covid-19 Analysis Spirals of Inequality Watch our short clip on why the economy does not work for women and why we must do things differently. Unpaid work is at the heart of gender inequality. Women do 60% more unpaid work and earn 43% less than men. UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Social Security and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Social Care and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Crises Collide: Women and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Briefing: The Coronavirus Bill: Gaps and Problems UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Covid-19 – Gender and other Equality Issues UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Equality Impact Assessments and the Budget 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the Economic of Universal Credit March 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to BEIS ‘Good Work Plan’ Consultation Consultation Responses Submission to Homelessness Act 2010 inquiry October 2019 UK Policy Briefings 2020 Briefing: Migrant women and social security March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 Briefing: Young Women and Economic Justice UK Policy Briefings Pre-Budget Briefings 2020 Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in a number of distinct areas. Blog UK-EU Negotiations: what it says and what it means for women UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Gender, employment and earnings March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Health and Gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Pensions and gender inequality March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Tax and Gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Housing and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Household debt and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Public transport and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Equality Impact Assessments March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Violence against women and girls (VAWG) March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Social care and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG: Tax on saving and investment: gender issues March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Childcare and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefings: Local government and gender March 2020 News WBG statement on Immigration Reform: Discrimination by Design Consultation Responses Submission to HM Treasury Budget Representation 2020 UK Policy Briefings 29 Women’s and Equality Organisations joint ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’ UK Policy Briefings 2019 WBG Briefing: Social security and gender October 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Women & Equalities Committee inquiry on prostitution/sex work October 2019 UK Policy Briefings General Election 2019: Towards an Economy which Works for Women UK Policy Briefings What does Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal mean for women? UK Policy Briefings WBG response to the Queen’s speech – October 2019 UK Policy Briefings WBG calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to assess and publish the impact of Universal Credit on women before ‘managed migration’ Reports Housing for Women in Coventry UK Policy Briefings Gender sensitive trade policy September 2019 UK Policy Briefings Operation Yellowhammer: briefing from the Women’s Budget Group UK Policy Briefings An End to Austerity? What the Spending Review means for women UK Policy Briefings Women and the Spending Review August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the OHCHR Questionnaire: ‘Women’s Human Rights in the Changing World of Work. August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the NHS long term plan consultation August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour party’s National Policy Forum 2019 consultation August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Commission on Social Security July 2019 Reports Making devolution work for women: Sheffield City Region data report Reports A home of her own, housing and women Consultation Responses Submission to the Low Pay Commission consultation Reports Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations Consultation Responses Submission to the social value in government procurement consultation June 2019 UK Policy Briefings Data for gender responsive budgeting: a note for Oxfam from the Women’s Budget Group Reports Triple Whammy: the impact of local government cuts on women March 2019 Consultation Responses HMRC The Taxation of Trusts: A Review Women’s Budget Group response to changes in Interest in Possession (IIP) trusts. Reports Life-Changing & Life-Saving: Funding for the women’s sector December 2018 UK Budget Assessments 2018 Autumn Budget: WBG full analysis November 2018 Consultation Responses Consultations on Trade Negotiations Submission to the Department for International Trade (October 2018) UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Education and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2018: Childcare October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Trade and Investment October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Disabled Women and Austerity October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Social Care October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Women and Pensions October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Tax and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Public Transport and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Social Security and Women October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Savings and Investments: Gender Issues October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Housing and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Health and Gender October 2018 Consultation Responses Consultation on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act Submission to the Government Equalities Office (October 2018) UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Women, Employment and Earnings October 2018 Consultation Responses Equality Act 2010 Inquiry Submission to the Women and Equalities Committee (October 2018) UK Policy Briefings 2018 Autumn Budget: Pre-Budget Policy Briefings Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in a number of distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2018 Consultation Responses Childcare as a Barrier to Work Inquiry Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee (September 2018) Consultation Responses Extreme Poverty Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights in the UK(September 2018) Reports The Female Face of Poverty Our 2018 report looking at the causes and consequences of economic deprivation for women. Consultation Responses Universal Credit Inquiry Submission to the Public Accounts Committee (June 2018) Consultation Responses Social Care Funding Inquiry Submission to the Lords Select Committee (October 2018) Reports Universal Credit and financial abuse: exploring the links June 2018 Consultation Responses Universal Credit and Domestic Abuse Inquiry Submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee (May 2018) UK Budget Assessments 2018 Spring Financial Statement: WBG response March 2018 Reports Exploring the economic impact of Brexit on women Our 2018 report with Fawcett Society and the #FaceHerFuture campaign reveals damaging economic impact of Brexit on women. UK Policy Briefings Universal Credit and Financial Abuse WBG and EVAW 2018 briefing on Universal Credit and financial abuse. Consultation Responses Submission to the OHCHR: The impact of economic reform policies on women’s human rights February 2018 UK Policy Briefings The Equality impact of tax and benefit changes – why an impact assessment is needed December 2017 briefing UK Budget Assessments 2017 Autumn Budget: WBG full response November 2017 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2017: Pre-Budget Briefings 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. Reports Intersecting Inequalities A 2017 report from the WBG & The Runnymede Trust looking at the impact of austerity on BME women. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-budget briefing: Childcare Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-budget briefing: Taxation Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Social Security Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Social Care Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Savings Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Pensions Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Housing Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Health Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Employment Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Education Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Brexit Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings Universal Credit: A 2017 briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group Consultation Responses Submission to Government’s Industrial Strategy Consultation April 2017 UK Policy Briefings Social care: A system in crisis WBG's 2017 briefing on the crisis in social care UK Policy Briefings Tax treatment of savings and investments Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, WBG produced a briefing on the impact of changes in the tax treatment of savings and investments from a gender perspective UK Policy Briefings Violence Against Women and Girls: 2017 Spring Budget briefing Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, WBG produced a background briefing on the key policy issues impacting Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). UK Policy Briefings Childcare: Key policy issues Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group produced a briefing on the key policy issues impacting childcare. UK Budget Assessments 2017 Spring Budget: WBG full analysis 2017 Spring Budget Analysis Outcry over NICs hides the biggest losers of government tax and benefit policy UK Policy Briefings Background briefing: Social Security Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group has written a briefing on the impact of cuts to social security benefits on women since 2010. UK Policy Briefings Costing and funding free universal childcare of high quality A 2017 updated briefing from the Women's Budget Group Reports Investing in the Care Economy A 2017 report by WBG for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and UN Women. UK Budget Assessments 2016 Autumn Financial Statement: Full WBG Analysis December 2016 UK Budget Assessments 2016 Autumn Financial Statement: WBG Briefing 2016 Autumn FS Reports Investing in the Care Economy: Investing 2% of GDP in care industries could create 1.5 million jobs 2016, A report for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Reports Towards a New Deal for Care and Carers A 2016 report of the PSA Commission on Care Analysis May Monitor: How will Theresa May’s Government live up to her early promises? How will Theresa May’s Government live up to her early promises? UK Budget Assessments 2016 Spring Budget: full analysis April 2016 UK Policy Briefings A cumulative gender impact assessment of ten years of austerity policies A March 2016 briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group. UK Policy Briefings Investing in the Care economy to boost employment and gender equality 2016 briefing on a gender analysis of employment stimulus in seven OECD countries Reports Here to Stay: Women’s self-employment in a (post) austerity era March 2016 UK Budget Assessments 2015 Autumn Statement and Spending Review: Full Analysis December 2015 UK Budget Assessments 2015 Summer Budget: Full Budget Analysis 2015 Summer Budget Analysis (July) UK Policy Briefings Social Care for the elderly in England A policy briefing (June, 2015) UK Policy Briefings Poverty in the UK: the need for a gender perspective A briefing (June, 2015) UK Policy Briefings How do election 2015 party manifestos measure up to a Plan F? A briefing (November, 2016) UK Budget Assessments 2015 Spring Budget: Briefing Spring Budget Briefing (April 2015) UK Budget Assessments 2015 Spring Budget: Full Budget Analysis Spring Budget Analysis (April 2015) UK Budget Assessments 2014 Autumn Financial Statement: Full Budget Analysis 2014 Autumn FS UK Budget Assessments 2014 Spring Budget: Full Budget Analysis 2014 Spring Budget UK Budget Assessments 2014 Spring Budget: Budget Briefing 2014 Spring Budget UK Budget Assessments 2013 Autumn Financial Statement: Full Analysis 2013 Autumn FS UK Policy Briefings Recognising marriage in the tax system will not benefit women Briefing on the 2013 Transferable Tax Allowance (November, 2013) UK Policy Briefings To ensure economic recovery for women, we need Plan F Pre-Budget Briefing, September 2013 UK Budget Assessments The impact on women of the 2013 Spending Round July 2013 Spending Round UK Budget Assessments 2013 Spring Budget: Full Budget Analysis 2013 Spring Budget Analysis Other social security The Women’s Budget Group analyses the gender impact of social security including working age benefits, tax credits and child benefit UK Budget Assessments The Impact on women of Autumn Financial Statement 2012 and Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill 2013 2012 Autumn FS Analysis Other Universal Credit All WBG's analyses on the gender impact of Universal Credit. UK Policy Briefings Plan F: A feminist economic strategy for a caring and sustainable economy Pre-Budget Briefing, 2015 UK Budget Assessments The Impact on Women of the Budget 2012 2012 Spring Budget UK Budget Assessments 2012 Spring Budget: Full WBG Analysis March 2012 UK Policy Briefings Plan A has failed. It is time for Plan F Pre-Budget Briefing, March 2012 UK Budget Assessments The Impact on Women of the Autumn Financial Statement 2011 2011 Autumn FS Reports Gender analysis of the changes in indirect taxes introduced by the coalition government, 2010-2011 UK Budget Assessments The Impact on Women of the Spring Budget 2011 Spring Budget (April 2011) UK Budget Assessments The Impact on Women of the Spending Review 2010 2010 Spending Review UK Budget Assessments A Gender Impact Assessment of the Coalition Government Budget, June 2010 2010 Summer Budget UK Budget Assessments Budget Proposals in 2010 Party Manifestos – analysis 2010 General Election UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to HM Treasury’s Budget 2008 2008 Budget UK Budget Assessments Pre-Budget Report 2007 Pre-Budget 2007 UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to HM Treasury’s Pre-Budget Report 2006 Pre-Budget 2006 UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to HM Treasury’s Pre-Budget Report 2005 Pre-Budget 2005 Consultation Responses WBG Response to Department for Trade and Industry’s Consultation ‘Work and Families: Choice and Flexibility’ 2005 May UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to HM Treasury Budget 2005 2005 Budget Reports Women’s and children’s poverty: making the links UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to Pre-Budget Report 2004 Pre-Budget 2004 UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to Budget 2004 2004 Budget UK Budget Assessments Response to the 2003 Pre-Budget Report Pre-Budget 2003 Analysis Other Pensions WBG's analyses of the gender impact of the state and private pension systems. UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to HM Treasury Budget 2003 2003 Budget Consultation Responses Aspects of the Economics of an Ageing Population A March 2003 joint response from WBG & Fawcett Society to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs Call for Evidence. UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to the Pre-Budget Report 2002 Pre-Budget 2002 UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to the Budget 2002 2002 Budget UK Budget Assessments WBG’s Response to Pre-Budget Report 2001 Pre-Budget 2001 UK Budget Assessments WBG Response to 2001 Budget 2001 Budget UK Budget Assessments Response to Pre-Budget Report 2000 Pre-Budget 2000
