UK Policy Briefings Filter by -- All Themes -- Budgets & Economic StrategyCost-of-Living CrisisCovid- 19Early Career NetworkEarly Education and ChildcareEnvironmentInternational Work & BrexitPaid & Unpaid WorkPublic Services & HousingSocial CareTax & Social Security -- All Topics -- AusterityAutumn Budget 2021BenefitsBlack Asian And Minority Ethnic GroupsBrexitBudgetBudget 2020Build Back BetterCampaignCareCare EconomyChild BenefitChild PovertyChildcareClimate ChangeCost Of LivingCost-of-living CrisisCovidCovid-19CrisisDebtDisabilityDisabled WomenEarly Education And ChildcareEarningsEducationElectionEmploymentEnvironmentEquality Act 2010Equality Impact AssessmentFeminist EconomicsFeminist Green New DealFiscal PolicyGender BudgetingGender Pay GapGeneral ElectionGreen Caring EconomyGreen New DealHealthHousehold DebtHousingIncomeInequalityInflationIntersectionalityInvestmentLabour MarketLocal CommunitiesLocal GovernmentMacroeconomicsMacrofinanceMaternity LeaveMigrant WomenMigrationMonetary PolicyNHSNo DealNo Recourse To Public FundsPaid And Unpaid WorkParental LeavePayPensionsPovertyPublic Sector Equality DutyPublic ServicesRacial InequalitySavingsSelf EmploymentSheffieldSingle ParentsSocial CareSocial InfrastructureSocial SecuritySpending ReviewSpring Budget 2022Spring Budget 2023SustainabilityTaxationTradeTransportTwo-Child Benefit LimitUniversal CreditUnpaid CareVAWGViolence Against Women And GirlsWealth TaxWelfareWomen And EmploymentWomen's VotesYoung Women Sort by Most Recent Oldest First A-Z Z-A These are short briefings on the gender impact of new policies, changes to existing policies or summarising the gender implications of a particular policy area. Past Events UK Policy Briefings The impact of the cost of living crisis on women survivors of sexual violence in Oxfordshire A joint paper with Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre (OSARCC) UK Policy Briefings Women’s Work: How Gender Equality Can Deliver Strong Local Communities A joint paper with The Centre for Local Economic Strategies UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2024: Taxation and Gender A pre-budget briefing from the Women's Budget Group UK Policy Briefings Updated analysis: Early Years Education and Childcare funding shortfall UK Policy Briefings Child Benefit Pre-Budget Briefing UK Policy Briefings Women and the Labour Market Briefing I: Introduction and Headline Measures UK Policy Briefings Inequalities amplified: The alarming rise of child poverty in the UK A joint policy briefing by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Runnymede Trust and Women’s Budget Group UK Policy Briefings Autumn Statement 2023: Social Security and Gender A pre-budget briefing from the Women's Budget Group UK Policy Briefings Autumn Statement 2023: Taxation and Gender A pre-budget briefing from the Women's Budget Group UK Policy Briefings Not your average voter? How women will shape the general election UK Policy Briefings Gender and Monetary Policy A briefing from the Women’s Budget Group UK Policy Briefings Early Education and Childcare in the UK and Beyond: Key Challenges and Lessons A two-part briefing from the Women’s Budget Group exploring key challenges facing the UK’s early education and childcare alongside lessons from international examples, with a summary of both UK Policy Briefings A feminist approach to macroeconomics Briefing from the Women’s Budget Group UK Policy Briefings The two-child limit to means tested benefits Briefing from the Women’s Budget Group UK Policy Briefings Cost Of Living Briefing Series UK Policy Briefings Why Wealth Tax is a Feminist Issue UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Gender and Early Education and Childcare UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Women and employment UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Local government and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Social care and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Social security and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Health inequalities and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings The Gendered Impact Of The Cost-of-Living Crisis on Public Services UK Policy Briefings A Green and Caring Economy UK Policy Briefings Macrofinancial policies for a green and caring economy UK Policy Briefings Who loses from benefit uprating changes? A gendered analysis UK Policy Briefings The Cost Crisis: a Gendered Analysis UK Policy Briefings Sustainable lifestyle changes for a green and caring economy UK Policy Briefings Trade and Health: a Gendered Analysis UK Policy Briefings The Income Crisis: a Gendered Analysis UK Policy Briefings Managing Risk Through Security: Social security’s contribution to tackling climate change and gender inequality UK Policy Briefings Labour Market Changes for a Green and Caring Economy UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Local government and gender UK Policy Briefings The gendered impact of the cost-of-living crisis UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Social security and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Social care and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Women and employment UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Housing and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Health inequalities and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Economic challenges for single mothers UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Childcare and gender UK Policy Briefings A feminist analysis of Sheffield’s plans to build back better UK Policy Briefings Briefing Note: A Spending Review for a Green and Care-led Recovery UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Economic challenges for single mothers UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Maternity, paternity and parental leave UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Social care, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Women and employment in the recovery from Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Childcare, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Violence against women and girls UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Health inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Pensions and gender UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Housing UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Social security and gender UK Policy Briefings Revitalising Local Communities UK Policy Briefings Calculating the cost of a high quality, free universal childcare system UK Policy Briefings Government’s announced plan will not “fix social care once and for all” – we need a free universal social care system UK Policy Briefings Post-pandemic aspirations: Young people call on the government to invest to secure a better future UK Policy Briefings Rethinking Housing Supply and Design UK Policy Briefings How has the risk of precarious work in the UK evolved since Covid-19? UK Policy Briefings WBG quick response to Government Plans on Funding for Social Care UK Policy Briefings ‘Freedom Day’ – what are the implications of lifting lockdown restrictions in England? UK Policy Briefings Towards Gender Inclusive and Sustainable Transport Systems UK Policy Briefings Covid- 19 and Working-Class Women Study UK Policy Briefings The Queen’s Speech 2021 – Still No Word on Care. 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 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 Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Local government, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Housing, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings 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 Policy Briefings 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 UK Policy Briefings Shared Parental Leave reform UK Policy Briefings Distribution of Money within the Household and Current Social Security Issues for Couples in the UK UK Policy Briefings Lockdown 2021: Immediate Actions Needed 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’ UK Policy Briefings Response to the Winter Economic Plan UK Policy Briefings Gender and the ‘Green New Deal’ UK Policy Briefings Response to the Government’s Covid-19 Recovery ‘Roadmap’ UK Policy Briefings Easing Lockdown: potential problems for women A briefing from the UK Women's Budget Group. 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 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. 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 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 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’ 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 UK Policy Briefings Data for gender responsive budgeting: a note for Oxfam from the Women’s Budget Group 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 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Women, Employment and Earnings 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 UK Policy Briefings Universal Credit and Financial Abuse WBG and EVAW 2018 briefing on Universal Credit and financial abuse. UK Policy Briefings The Equality impact of tax and benefit changes – why an impact assessment is needed December 2017 briefing 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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 Policy Briefings Plan F: A feminist economic strategy for a caring and sustainable economy Pre-Budget Briefing, 2015 UK Policy Briefings Plan A has failed. It is time for Plan F Pre-Budget Briefing, March 2012
