Press Releases Filter by -- All Themes -- Budgets & Economic StrategyInternational Work & BrexitPaid & Unpaid WorkPublic Services & HousingTax & Social Security -- All Topics -- AusterityBrexitBudgetChildcareFeminist EconomicsFinancial AbuseGender BudgetingHousingIndustrial StrategyIntersectionalityInvestmentPovertySocial CareSocial InfrastructureSocial SecurityTaxationUN Sustainable GoalsUniversal CreditViolence Against Women And Girls Sort by Most Recent Oldest First A-Z Z-A A description about WBG Press Releases Past Events Press Releases Budget promises ‘jam tomorrow’ but little real change 29th October 2018 Press Releases UK Government lagging behind in making budgets work for women 19th September 2018 Press Releases ‘Universal Credit risks increasing women’s vulnerability to abuse’ 12th September 2018 Press Releases Brexit risks ‘turning the clock back on gender equality’ 27th March 2018 Press Releases Spring Statement 2018 13th March 2018 Press Releases Autumn Budget 2017 ‘tinkering at the margins’ says Women’s Budget Group 22nd November 2017 Press Releases New research shows Universal Credit failing the ‘just about managing’ 16th August 2017 Press Releases WBG publishes its full gender impact assessment of the 2017 Spring Budget 20th March 2017 Press Releases Promoting gender equality across Government March 2017 response to recommendations of the Women and Equalities Committee on Sustainable Development Goal 5. Press Releases ‘Little to celebrate on International Women’s Day’, says the Women’s Budget Group 8th March 2017 Press Releases ‘There are no more efficiency savings to be had’, says Women’s Budget Group 1st March 2017 Press Releases Protecting equality post Brexit WBG welcomes recommendations of the Women and Equalities Select Committee (28th February 2017). Press Releases A missed opportunity to build a country that works for everyone 13th December 2016 Press Releases New research shows poverty, ethnicity & gender magnify the impact of austerity on BME women 28th November 2016 Press Releases 2016 AFS fails women who are just about managing 23rd November 2016 Press Releases Low income women to lose up to £2000 from tax and benefit changes 18th November 2016 Press Releases Rethinking austerity is overdue: it has hit women and ethnic minorities hardest 14th June 2016 Press Releases The 2015 Spending Review: Chancellor still failing to invest in women’s security 25th November 2015 Press Releases ‘A budget that undermines women’s security’ 8th July 2015 Press Releases WBG response to 2014 Autumn Financial Statement 30th December 2014 Press Releases Tax breaks for men, funded by women – WBG and Fawcett respond to Budget 2014 15th April 2014 Press Releases Budget 2014: A budget for the makers, doers and savers – but what about the carers? 19th March 2014 Press Releases Marriage tax break fails women (and 69% of married couples) 6th December 2013 Press Releases Osborne’s recovery is an illusion, women still feel the pinch 5th December 2013
