Social security and gender: Briefing for a new government
This briefing outlines how a more adequate and sustainable social security system is vital to the recovery of people’s lives and the economy.
Consultation Response
The WBG has made a a submission to The Commission on Social Security, a project set up to find out how to make the welfare benefits system better.
The Women’s Budget Group has made a a submission to The Commission on Social Security, a project set up to find out how to make the welfare benefits system better. The project is user led, meaning all the people on the panel (the Commissioners) are people who are on or have been on benefits. The Commission asked people to submit their ideas on improving the social security system by responding to the following questions:
The Commission will produce a White Paper on welfare benefits which will outline the changes they think the Government needs to make to the law. Once the White Paper is finished, there will be a campaign to put the ideas in place to make the welfare benefits system better.
You can read more about the Commission on Social Security here.
You can view our submission here.
The deadline for submitting evidence to the Commission is The deadline is 31 July 2019 and you can do so here.
This briefing outlines how a more adequate and sustainable social security system is vital to the recovery of people’s lives and the economy.
WBG's analyses of the gender impact of the state and private pension systems.
All WBG's analyses on the gender impact of Universal Credit.
The WBG and Scottish WBG launched Plan F, a feminist economic strategy for a caring and sustainable economy.