Press Releases Filter by -- All Themes -- Budgets & Economic StrategyInternational Work & BrexitPaid & Unpaid WorkPublic Services & HousingTax & Social Security -- All Topics -- AusterityBrexitBudgetCareChildcareEqualityFeminist EconomicsFinancial AbuseGender BudgetingGender Pay GapHousingIndustrial 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 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
