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A blog by Ebyan Abdirahman, Research and Policy Officer at the Women's Budget Group Press Releases WBG says UK Government lags behind OECD peers’ ambitions for early education and childcare Press Releases Early Education and Childcare Coalition: 42% of Britons say early years reform will influence their vote at the next general election UK Policy Briefings Early Education and Childcare in the UK and Beyond: Key Challenges and Lessons A two-part briefing from the Women’s Budget Group exploring key challenges facing the UK’s early education and childcare alongside lessons from international examples, with a summary of both Press Releases WBG says funding childcare and early years is vital to economic growth, but can only be achieved with adequate support for those on low incomes Press Releases WBG urges the Labour Party not to lose ambition on childcare Consultation Responses Department for Education: Response to Proposed Childcare Ratios Change (Sept 2022) UK Budget Assessments WBG finds Government funding for early education and childcare falls short by £5.2bn Press Releases WBG’s response to the Spring Statement 2023 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Gender and Early Education and Childcare Press Releases WBG analysis finds cuts to benefits would drive over 100,000 lone parents and 200,000 children into poverty Press Releases WBG’s response to Labour’s childcare announcement Press Releases A one-off energy cap is not enough Press Releases Women at high risk of job loss as fuel crisis hits small businesses Press Releases WBG’s response to the Government’s consultation on childcare ratios UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Childcare and gender Reports A shorter working week as part of a green caring economy Blog Childcare concerns us all Press Releases WBG Response to 2021 Spending Review and Autumn Budget: Papering over the cracks rather than the transformative rebuilding needed UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Economic challenges for single mothers UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Childcare, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Calculating the cost of a high quality, free universal childcare system Blog An Invisible and Vulnerable Sector: Early Years Childcare and Covid Blog Complete the survey: How’s your childcare? Reports Access to Childcare in Great Britain Blog Is Shared Parental Leave really the great equaliser? Blog New ONS data on time use and parenting in lockdown (22 July 2020) Open Letters Joint letter urging the Government to prioritise funding for childcare Blog Covid-19 Crisis: Questions for the Chancellor UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Childcare and gender March 2020 Blog For women especially ‘levelling up’ means investment in people, not just roads and rail Consultation Responses Submission to HM Treasury Budget Representation 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the OHCHR Questionnaire: ‘Women’s Human Rights in the Changing World of Work. August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour party’s National Policy Forum 2019 consultation August 2019 Blog Single Parent Families – Trapped Within a Pernicious Intersection of Welfare Reform Policies In the 90’s the state abandoned single parent mothers. They are now regulated within an inch of their lives. Press Releases Office for National Statistics data reveals: Life expectancy for women has fallen Blog Reshaping the economy to work for all: New Commission on a Gender- Equal Economy Blog Universal Credit: If the government want to create a welfare system that works for all then we need a radical redesign If the government is committed to ending austerity and reforming the welfare system to support the most vulnerable, then they must seek to understand the barriers that people in poverty face and why the welfare system is crucial in creating a more equal society. UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2018: Childcare October 2018 Consultation Responses Childcare as a Barrier to Work Inquiry Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee (September 2018) News Archive Media round-up: May 2018 Who's been talking about our work this month? Press Releases Autumn Budget 2017 ‘tinkering at the margins’ says Women’s Budget Group 22nd November 2017 UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-budget briefing: Childcare Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. Events 03.07.2017 Women and the Housing Crisis Workshop Committee Room 3, Lower Ground Floor, City Hall, London, SE1 2AA Blog Plan F: Our General Election Manifesto Response Blog General Election Blogs UK Policy Briefings Childcare: Key policy issues Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group produced a briefing on the key policy issues impacting childcare. UK Policy Briefings Costing and funding free universal childcare of high quality A 2017 updated briefing from the Women's Budget Group Analysis Other social security The Women’s Budget Group analyses the gender impact of social security including working age benefits, tax credits and child benefit Reports Women’s and children’s poverty: making the links