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with staggering 177% disparity in shares and severe long-term economic impact on women, warns Women’s Budget Group Press Releases We need a feminist approach to tackling inflation WBG’s response to the Bank of England’s interest rate announcement Press Releases Women’s Budget Group Response to Prime Minister Changing of Green Policies Press Releases WBG says UK Government lags behind OECD peers’ ambitions for early education and childcare Press Releases Early Education and Childcare Coalition: 42% of Britons say early years reform will influence their vote at the next general election Press Releases WBG says funding childcare and early years is vital to economic growth, but can only be achieved with adequate support for those on low incomes Press Releases Gender Gaps in Access to Civil Legal Justice: New Report Reveals Alarming Disadvantages Faced by Women Press Releases Women’s Budget Group says Labour should promote investment in the early years Press Releases Equality rights groups call for Treasury transparency Press Releases WBG urges the Labour Party not to lose ambition on childcare Press Releases WBG says we should develop a National Care Service we can be as proud of as we are the NHS Press Releases WBG welcomes funding boost for childcare in Universal Credit but it remains insufficient to meet actual cost of childcare today Press Releases Breaking Down the Census: Feminist Organisations join forces to bring raw data to life and move one step closer to bridging the Gender Data Gap Press Releases £88.7bn per year: the cost of barriers to paid work for women UK Budget Assessments WBG finds Government funding for early education and childcare falls short by £5.2bn Press Releases WBG’s response to the Spring Statement 2023 Press Releases The Chancellor must invest £1.82bn in childcare to help families with the cost-of-living crisis Press Releases Women’s Budget Group says underfunded expansion could be a fatal blow to the early years Press Releases Childcare is Infrastructure: Amendment to the Levelling Up Bill Press Releases WBG’s response to the Autumn Statement 2022: The budget means real terms cuts to public services that will hurt people and the economy Press Releases WBG warns against austerity 2.0, a triple whammy for women Press Releases A Green and Caring Economy: a feminist vision for tackling the climate crisis and transforming the economy UK Budget Assessments WBG’s response to the Chancellor’s statement 17 Oct 2022 Press Releases WBG analysis finds cuts to benefits would drive over 100,000 lone parents and 200,000 children into poverty Press Releases WBG’s response to Labour’s childcare announcement Press Releases WBG’s response to the mini-budget announcement on 23 September 2022 Press Releases The energy cap freeze is welcome but there is a long way to go Press Releases A one-off energy cap is not enough Press Releases Women at high risk of job loss as fuel crisis hits small businesses Press Releases WBG’s response to the Government’s consultation on childcare ratios Press Releases WBG’s response to the Chancellor’s cost-of-living support package Press Releases WBG’s response to the Queen’s Speech 2022 Press Releases Women’s Budget Group supports the call for an Emergency Budget Press Releases WBG Response to the Spring Statement 2022 Press Releases Give 1.9 million more people access to social care and create one million more jobs with a new universal social care service Press Releases A shorter working week could help to close the gender pay gap Press Releases UK WBG response to the Levelling-Up White Paper Press Releases UK WBG response to calls from Cabinet to delay NIC increase Press Releases The Government’s Social Care White Paper: ‘a good vision without a meaningful strategy for delivery’ Press Releases WBG Response to 2021 Spending Review and Autumn Budget: Papering over the cracks rather than the transformative rebuilding needed Press Releases WBG are delighted to announce funding from Comic Relief’s new Change Makers initiative. Press Releases WBG media statement for Government social care announcement Press Releases Government plan to remove the £20 uplift to Universal Credit is out of step with young Conservative voters Press Releases Leading Women’s Organisations Call on Government to ‘Build Back Fairer’ Press Releases Data shows that 64,0000 childcare places have been lost during the winter lockdowns Press Releases House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Report on DWP’s preparations for changes in the world of work Press Releases WBG Respond to Liz Kendall MPs speech about ‘Transforming social care ‘as an economic priority’ post-Covid’ Press Releases Self-employed women are losing out on Government support Press Releases Only 38% of women in the UK believe the Government’s Covid 19 response has focused on issues that matter most to them Press Releases WBG responds to the National Audit Office report on Social Care Markets Press Releases Disabled mothers three times more likely to have lost work during the pandemic Press Releases WBG responds to the Spring 2021 Budget announcements Press Releases Women’s Budget Group response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report Coronavirus and the gendered economic impact. Press Releases 3 in 10 low-income families have lost hours at work because of the pandemic Press Releases Mothers on the lowest incomes are eight times more at risk of losing their job due to school closures in the UK Press Releases WBG responds to Liz Truss comments that the ‘equality debate can’t be led by fashion’ Press Releases 62% of disabled mothers and 53% of single parents are worried about making ends meet this Christmas Press Releases Responding to ONS data: How people spent their time after the March 2020 coronavirus lockdown Press Releases Chancellor’s big moment missed the mark, especially for women Press Releases On Equal Pay Day: HMRC data prompts concern of ‘gender furlough gap’ Press Releases WBG respond to Rishi Sunak’s economic statement Press Releases We can no longer ignore the business case for reducing the number of women in prison Press Releases First results from new study examining the impact of COVID-19 on working-class women in the UK published today Press Releases New polling: Public wants an economy that prioritises care and equality and they are willing to pay more tax for this Press Releases Crisis of care for women in England as lock down lifts New data shows that childcare costs between a fifth and a quarter of women’s salaries. Press Releases WBG response to Chancellor’s ‘economic update’: Investment welcome but insufficient as WBG data shows investment in care could create over 2 million jobs Press Releases WBG responds to the Prime Minister’s speech: Invest in care to create jobs and growth Investment in Scandinavian-style universal care would create more than 2 million jobs Press Releases Disabled women under “immense pressure” during lockdown Press Releases New data reveals “crisis of support” for BAME women Half of disabled or retired BAME women say they do not know where to go for help vs 1 in 5 white women Press Releases WBG response to the Prime Minister’s statement on easing the lockdown Press Releases Half of parents with young children ‘struggling to make ends meet’ Press Releases Report Launch: Covid-19: No safety net for migrant women Press Releases Crises Collide: Women and Covid-19 Our latest briefing sets out the immediate impact that Covid- 19 crisis is having on women that needs to be addressed. 'At the end of this immediate emergency we cannot return to business as usual.' Press Releases Low paid women at highest risk of exposure to Covid 19 There are over 3 million people in jobs at high risk of exposure to Covid 19 in the UK – 77% of them are women. Press Releases Budget 2020: Massive increase in public spending but no action to address crisis in social care and rising child poverty Press Releases We respond to Conservative Party tax and spending plans this week Cuts to corporation tax largely benefit men Press Releases Women and Housing: General Election It’s key that all parties capture the extent to which the housing crisis is disproportionately affecting women Press Releases 32 Women’s and Equality Organisations launch a ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’ Press Releases Report Launch: Housing for Women in Coventry New data from our report shows that in Coventry, property prices are 8.5 times women’s median salary, only 5.6 times men’s median salary. Press Releases WBG welcomes Labour announcement of free personal care for older people ‘We welcome plans for a national care service, free at the point of need. Successive governments’ failure to fund, and plan for, rising care needs adequately has pushed adult social care to breaking point.' Press Releases WBG responds to the Spending Review We now know that the end of austerity just means no more cuts. But the women who have been hit the hardest won’t believe that austerity has ended until they see an improvement in public services they rely on. Press Releases EXCLUSIVE DATA: Housing is unaffordable for women in every English region Press Releases Government’s roadmap to gender equality need to be paved with more than just good intentions. Press Releases Report launch: Government’s commitments in Domestic Abuse Bill undermined by the social security system Press Releases Office for National Statistics data reveals: Life expectancy for women has fallen Press Releases Promise of ‘end of austerity’ rings hollow: social security frozen for another year and public services are in crisis Women's Budget Group respond to the Spring Statement Press Releases Triple Whammy: the impact of local government cuts on women Press Releases WBG welcomes Select Committee recommendation that Treasury assess equality impact And calls on Treasury to act in time for 2019 Spending Review Press Releases WBG welcomes Amber Rudd’s announcements on Universal Credit, but underlying problems still remain 11 January 2019 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
