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Blog Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns by Kerry Hudson- A Review UK Policy Briefings Response to the Winter Economic Plan Press Releases Half of parents with young children ‘struggling to make ends meet’ UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Social Security and Covid-19 Blog Covid-19 Crisis: Questions for the Chancellor UK Policy Briefings 2020 Briefing: Migrant women and social security March 2020 Blog No, Universal Credit is not ‘gender neutral’ Any reform of the social security system should be subject to a meaningful equality impact assessment. UK Policy Briefings 2019 WBG Briefing: Social security and gender October 2019 UK Policy Briefings WBG calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to assess and publish the impact of Universal Credit on women before ‘managed migration’ Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour party’s National Policy Forum 2019 consultation August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Commission on Social Security July 2019 Blog “The gap between vision and reality is huge”: How social security is failing women across the 4 nations Reports Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations Press Releases Report launch: Government’s commitments in Domestic Abuse Bill undermined by the social security system 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. Blog Phillip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty: WBG responds to his report on UK poverty Events 12.06.2019 Report launch: Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, 1 Parliament St, London SW1A 2JR, 5-6pm Blog The Punitive Impact of Universal Credit on the Life Chances of Single Parents with Children Under 5 Press Releases WBG welcomes Amber Rudd’s announcements on Universal Credit, but underlying problems still remain 11 January 2019 Blog Discrimination Within The Banking System Targets Women A guest blog by Helena McAleer UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Social Security and Women October 2018 Press Releases ‘Universal Credit risks increasing women’s vulnerability to abuse’ 12th September 2018 Consultation Responses Universal Credit Inquiry Submission to the Public Accounts Committee (June 2018) Reports Universal Credit and financial abuse: exploring the links June 2018 Blog Intersecting Inequalities A new report from WBG and the Runnymede Trust looks at the impact of austerity on BME women News Archive ‘Intersecting Inequalities’ in the news Our recent report ‘Intersecting Inequalities’ has received widespread coverage. UK Policy Briefings Universal Credit and Financial Abuse WBG and EVAW 2018 briefing on Universal Credit and financial abuse. UK Budget Assessments 2017 Autumn Budget: WBG full response November 2017 Press Releases Autumn Budget 2017 ‘tinkering at the margins’ says Women’s Budget Group 22nd November 2017 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2017: Pre-Budget Briefings Ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group have written a series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Social Security Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. Events 10.10.2017 Report Launch: Intersecting Inequalities House of Commons, Committee Room 19, 4pm-5.30pm Press Releases New research shows Universal Credit failing the ‘just about managing’ 16th August 2017 Events 03.07.2017 Women and the Housing Crisis Workshop Committee Room 3, Lower Ground Floor, City Hall, London, SE1 2AA Blog General Election Blogs Analysis Outcry over NICs hides the biggest losers of government tax and benefit policy Press Releases ‘Little to celebrate on International Women’s Day’, says the Women’s Budget Group 8th March 2017 UK Policy Briefings Background briefing: Social Security Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group has written a briefing on the impact of cuts to social security benefits on women since 2010. Blog Scottish Government commits to splitting payments of Universal Credit Events 08.03.2017 IWD Event: Gender Equality for a Sustainable Economy Wednesday 8th March, 5-7PM Press Releases A missed opportunity to build a country that works for everyone 13th December 2016 UK Budget Assessments 2016 Autumn Financial Statement: Full WBG Analysis December 2016 UK Budget Assessments 2016 Autumn Financial Statement: WBG Briefing 2016 Autumn FS Press Releases 2016 AFS fails women who are just about managing 23rd November 2016 Press Releases Low income women to lose up to £2000 from tax and benefit changes 18th November 2016 Blog Budget 2016: Women paying for the Chancellor’s tax cuts A comprehensive assessment of how the 2016 Budget will impact on women and gender equality UK Budget Assessments 2016 Spring Budget: full analysis April 2016 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 UK Budget Assessments The Impact on women of Autumn Financial Statement 2012 and Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill 2013 2012 Autumn FS
