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UK Policy Briefing

Other social security

The Women’s Budget Group analyses the gender impact of social security including working age benefits, tax credits and child benefit

WBG’s analyses of changes to social security including working age benefits, tax credits and child benefit announced in the annual Budget, Autumn Statement and spending reviews can be found here.

Additional briefings and consultation responses:

  • Distributional impact of limiting the nominal increase in working age benefits and tax credits (except Disability Living Allowance) to 1% for the next three years (January 2013) (Available here).
  • WBG response to Inland Revenue consultation on the Working Tax Credit (Child Care Charges) Regulations (2002) (Available here).
  • WBG response to Inland Revenue consultation ‘New Tax Credits: Supporting families, making work pay and tackling poverty’ (July 2001) (Available here).
  • WBG response to Social Security Select Committee’s inquiry into plans for an ‘Integrated Child Credit’ (2000) (Available here).
Topics
Tax and Social Security
Keywords
Early Education and Childcare Social Security Taxation

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