Report Launch: Covid-19: No safety net for migrant women
Many migrant women, providing lifesaving care and vital services in the Covid-19 outbreak, risk being left without support by UK immigration rules.
Report
This report highlights one aspect of the intersection between Universal Credit and financial abuse – the single payment.
The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) scrutinises government policy from a gender perspective, and has been concerned about the gender implications of Universal Credit (UC) since its introduction. This report highlights one aspect of the intersection between UC and financial abuse – the single payment.
UC contains other features which have implications for gender equality and for survivors of domestic abuse; for example:
There are also wider social security issues affecting women and affecting domestic abuse survivors, outlined in section 9. Whilst this report focuses on the UC single payment specifically, the WBG is equally concerned about these wider issues and will be publishing material on them in the future.
Many migrant women, providing lifesaving care and vital services in the Covid-19 outbreak, risk being left without support by UK immigration rules.
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