Media Round-up: August 2019

CityMetric/ Statesman
Women are being priced out of England’s private rental sector
Sian Norris, 4th August 2019

A major report published by the Women’s Budget Group has exposed how, in every region across England, a woman on the median income can no longer afford to rent her own home. For men on the higher men’s median income, private rents are only unaffordable in London and the South East.

Estate Agent Today
Women priced out of buying and renting in much of England – claim
Graham Norwood, 5th August 2019

Women priced out of buying and renting in much of England – claim. That’s the main finding of a new report from the Women’s Budget Group and the Women’s Housing Forum.

Residential Landlord
Women Unable To Afford Property Prices In England
6th August 2019

The report from the Women’s Budget Group and the Women’s Housing Forum found that women would need more than 12 times their average salary in order to purchase an average house, while men would need just over 8 times their annual salary.

London School of Economics
Domestic Abuse Bill: government policy on economic abuse is inconsistent
Marilyn Howard, 19th July 2019

A recent report for the Women’s Budget Group, Surviving Economic Abuse, and the End Violence Against Women coalition found that the UC single payment and other benefit rules can fail to support survivors in a range of circumstances: when living with an abuser, when trying to leave, or when trying to establish a new home. 

BBC Woman’s Hour 
Money – why women need to talk about money
Fran Bennett, 9th August 2019

Huffington Post
Almost Half Of Working Women Struggle To Pay Unexpected £100 Bill, Says New Report
Rachel Wearmouth, 21st August 2019

Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group, said the “stark truth” was that “for too many women, the economy isn’t working”.  “Women have lower incomes than men, are less likely to progress in their careers and are more likely to be living in poverty at all stages of their lives,” she said, adding: “Working class, BAME and disabled women are particularly likely to face the economic insecurity revealed in this survey.

iExpat
Women bearing the brunt of economic problems in the UK, new research finds
Lisa Smith, 21st August 2019

‘From Precarity to Empowerment: Women and the future of work’, by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and the Women’s Budget Group, is part of a submission to the Commission for a Gender-Equal Economy, a ground-breaking investigation into the role of women in our economy and society, led by a group which includes economist Ann Pettifor.

Left Foot Forward
Women’s Budget Group: The government must fulfill their promise to end austerity
30th August 2019

Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group, said the “stark truth” was that “for too many women, the economy isn’t working”.  “Women have lower incomes than men, are less likely to progress in their careers and are more likely to be living in poverty at all stages of their lives,” she said, adding: “Working class, BAME and disabled women are particularly likely to face the economic insecurity revealed in this survey.