Using today’s inflation rate for benefit rise would cost single mothers £218 a year, says Women’s Budget Group
We urge the Chancellor to increase benefits in line with September CPI inflation as previously planned in his Autumn Statement.
UK Policy Briefing
List of pre-budget briefings setting out the impact of current policies and of the Covid pandemic.
Ahead of the Autumn 2021 Budget, the following pre-budget briefings set out the impact of current policies and of the Covid pandemic. They make recommendations for investments and policies to promote gender equality for women in all their diversity.
View and download the briefings here:
Childcare, gender and Covid-19
Health inequalities and Covid-19
Violence against women and girls
Women and employment in the recovery from Covid-19
Maternity, paternity and parental leave
Social care, gender and Covid-19
Economic challenges for single mothers
Other briefings:
Economic challenges for disabled women (Spring 2021)
Economic challenges for migrant women (Spring 2021)
Economic challenges for young women (Spring 2021)
Education and gender (Spring 2021)
Household debt and gender (Spring 2021)
Gender and trade post-Brexit (2018)
Equality Impact Assessments (2019)
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We urge the Chancellor to increase benefits in line with September CPI inflation as previously planned in his Autumn Statement.
Briefing in support of FINANCE (NO.2) BILL: SECOND READING – REASONED AMENDMENT
‘Women paying for the Chancellor’s tax cuts’
This submission focuses on immediate action needed to mitigate inequalities in lockdown and urgent structural reform needed to recover from COVID-19.