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How women will shape the general election Press Releases With 25% of women currently undecided, women’s votes will swing the next general election Press Releases Gender wealth gap soars to 42% by age 64 with staggering 177% disparity in shares and severe long-term economic impact on women, warns Women’s Budget Group Reports Why taxation of wealth is a feminist issue: A gendered analysis of wealth in Great Britain A report by the Women's Budget Group Press Releases We need a feminist approach to tackling inflation WBG’s response to the Bank of England’s interest rate announcement UK Policy Briefings Gender and Monetary Policy A briefing from the Women’s Budget Group Press Releases Women’s Budget Group Response to Prime Minister Changing of Green Policies Blog Are Other Nations Outpacing the UK in Childcare? A blog by Ebyan Abdirahman, Research and Policy Officer at the Women's Budget Group Open Letters Joint letter to Information Commissioner on Treasury Transparency UK Policy Briefings A feminist approach to macroeconomics Briefing from the Women’s Budget Group Press Releases Women’s Budget Group says Labour should promote investment in the early years UK Policy Briefings Why Wealth Tax is a Feminist Issue Press Releases WBG urges the Labour Party not to lose ambition on childcare Press Releases WBG welcomes funding boost for childcare in Universal Credit but it remains insufficient to meet actual cost of childcare today Press Releases Breaking Down the Census: Feminist Organisations join forces to bring raw data to life and move one step closer to bridging the Gender Data Gap Consultation Responses WBG Submission to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry 2022 Consultation Responses Department for Education: Response to Proposed Childcare Ratios Change (Sept 2022) Consultation Responses Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Submission to Net Zero review (Oct 2022) Press Releases £88.7bn per year: the cost of barriers to paid work for women Consultation Responses WBG Submission to Labour National Policy Forum Consultation 2023 UK Budget Assessments Women’s Budget Group full response to the Spring Budget 2023 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 Press Releases The Chancellor must invest £1.82bn in childcare to help families with the cost-of-living crisis UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Gender and Early Education and Childcare UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Women and employment UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Local government and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Social care and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Social security and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Health inequalities and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Taxation and gender Press Releases Women’s Budget Group says underfunded expansion could be a fatal blow to the early years Consultation Responses WBG Budget Representation 2023 Consultation Responses Inquiry on support for childcare and the early years: Submission to the Education Select Committee Press Releases Childcare is Infrastructure: Amendment to the Levelling Up Bill UK Policy Briefings The Gendered Impact Of The Cost-of-Living Crisis on Public Services UK Budget Assessments Misguided plans for Austerity 2.0 – WBG response to Autumn Statement 2022 Press Releases WBG’s response to the Autumn Statement 2022: The budget means real terms cuts to public services that will hurt people and the economy UK Policy Briefings A Green and Caring Economy Press Releases A Green and Caring Economy: a feminist vision for tackling the climate crisis and transforming the economy UK Policy Briefings Macrofinancial policies for a green and caring economy UK Budget Assessments WBG’s response to the Chancellor’s statement 17 Oct 2022 Press Releases WBG analysis finds cuts to benefits would drive over 100,000 lone parents and 200,000 children into poverty UK Policy Briefings Who loses from benefit uprating changes? A gendered analysis UK Budget Assessments An Inequality Budget Unfit for a Cost-of-Living Crisis Press Releases WBG’s response to Labour’s childcare announcement Press Releases WBG’s response to the mini-budget announcement on 23 September 2022 Press Releases The energy cap freeze is welcome but there is a long way to go 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 UK Policy Briefings The Cost Crisis: a Gendered Analysis Consultation Responses Inquiry on Post-Pandemic Economic Growth: UK Labour Market Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee UK Policy Briefings Trade and Health: a Gendered Analysis UK Policy Briefings The Income Crisis: a Gendered Analysis Press Releases WBG’s response to the Chancellor’s cost-of-living support package Press Releases WBG’s response to the Queen’s Speech 2022 Press Releases Women’s Budget Group supports the call for an Emergency Budget UK Budget Assessments WBG Full Response to the Spring Statement 2022 UK Budget Assessments The gendered impact on incomes of two measures to tackle cost-of-living crisis Press Releases WBG Response to the Spring Statement 2022 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Local government and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Social security and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Social care and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Women and employment UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Housing and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Health inequalities and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Economic challenges for single mothers UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Childcare and gender Press Releases UK WBG response to the Levelling-Up White Paper Press Releases UK WBG response to calls from Cabinet to delay NIC increase Consultation Responses Treasury Committee: Inquiry on an Equal Recovery Consultation Responses Treasury Committee: Inquiry on Jobs, growth, and productivity after coronavirus Press Releases The Government’s Social Care White Paper: ‘a good vision without a meaningful strategy for delivery’ Consultation Responses APPG on Poverty: Response to inquiry on in-work poverty UK Budget Assessments Gender Analysis of the Cumulative Distributional Impact of 2022 Tax and Benefit Changes and Inflation Blog Levelling up and the gender gap UK Policy Briefings Briefing Note: A Spending Review for a Green and Care-led Recovery UK Budget Assessments A lack of ambition: our response to the Autumn 2021 Budget and Spending Review UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Economic challenges for single mothers UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Maternity, paternity and parental leave UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Social care, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Women and employment in the recovery from Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Childcare, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Violence against women and girls UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Health inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Pensions and gender UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Housing UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Social security and gender Blog Tax wealth and profit income to fund social care and healthcare UK Budget Assessments Comprehensive Spending Review 2021: A Joint Representation from the UK Women’s Budget Group Events 07.10.2021 Revitalising local communities across the UK – for people and planet Blog Why doesn’t English Devolution deliver for Women? One Day it might….. Written by: Dr. Fiona Armstrong Gibbs UK Policy Briefings Calculating the cost of a high quality, free universal childcare system Blog As working patterns change is it time to rethink public transport priorities? This blog is by Anna Johnston, Research and Policy Officer at the Women’s Budget Group. Blog An Invisible and Vulnerable Sector: Early Years Childcare and Covid Press Releases WBG media statement for Government social care announcement Press Releases Government plan to remove the £20 uplift to Universal Credit is out of step with young Conservative voters UK Policy Briefings Post-pandemic aspirations: Young people call on the government to invest to secure a better future Press Releases House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Report on DWP’s preparations for changes in the world of work UK Policy Briefings Equality impact assessments and equality-responsiveness of budgets in English local authorities Press Releases WBG Respond to Liz Kendall MPs speech about ‘Transforming social care ‘as an economic priority’ post-Covid’ Blog ‘Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis’ by Nancy Fraser – Book Review Blog ONS Labour Market Statistics (April 2021) Blog A Minimum Income Guarantee – income security for women? Events 30.04.2021 Local Government Finance: Can Equality Impact Assessments Make a Difference? Press Releases WBG responds to the National Audit Office report on Social Care Markets Blog ONS Labour Market Statistics (March 2021) UK Budget Assessments A missed opportunity to ‘Build Back Better’ Our response to the Spring Budget 2021 Consultation Responses The Women’s Budget Group response to the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement UK Budget Assessments Spring Budget 2021 -Our Initial Response Press Releases WBG responds to the Spring 2021 Budget announcements UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Women and employment during Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Violence against women and girls UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Social security, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Social care, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Maternity, paternity and parental leave UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Local government, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Housing, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Household debt, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Health inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Pensions and Gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Education and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for young women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for migrant women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for disabled women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Childcare, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021 Pre-Budget Briefings Open Letters Post Pandemic Childcare Events 19.03.2021 Tax Justice & Gender Justice Open Letters Response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on women Reports Lessons Learned: Where Women Stand at the Start of 2021 Events 19.02.2021 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Shared Parental Leave Consultation Responses WBG Budget Representation 2021 Press Releases WBG responds to Liz Truss comments that the ‘equality debate can’t be led by fashion’ Consultation Responses Submission to HCLG Committee on The Spending Review and Local Government Finance December 2020 UK Budget Assessments Response to the Spending Review 2020 Press Releases Chancellor’s big moment missed the mark, especially for women Events 14.12.2020 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Inequalities and Covid-19 – Turning Back the Clock? Women’s (un)paid work in 2020 Reports Inequalities in academia – impact on early career researchers Events 15.10.2020 Women’s Budget Group AGM Press Releases WBG respond to Rishi Sunak’s economic statement Reports Creating a Caring Economy: A Call to Action This report explores how we can build back better after coronavirus through exploring what kind of world do we want to create? What kind of economy do we want to make? Events 30.09.2020 Creating a caring economy: a call to action Events 08.09.2020 ‘A care-led recovery and building back better’ online webinar Online webinar where policy experts discuss why a recovery from Coronavirus must centre care in order to build a fairer, more gender-equal economy Consultation Responses Submission to Office for Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax Review Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum 2020 June 2020 Press Releases WBG responds to the Prime Minister’s speech: Invest in care to create jobs and growth Investment in Scandinavian-style universal care would create more than 2 million jobs Events 24.06.2020 Putting gender equality at the heart of the wellbeing economy Join Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi in discussion with policy experts, on what a gender-equal economy with wellbeing at its core might look like. Open Letters Joint letter urging the Government to prioritise funding for childcare Blog Has the Bank of England found a magic money tree? Press Releases Low paid women at highest risk of exposure to Covid 19 There are over 3 million people in jobs at high risk of exposure to Covid 19 in the UK – 77% of them are women. Open Letters Letter: Campaigning for Women’s Visibility in UK Response to Covid- 19 Blog Doughnut Economics (Kate Raworth) – a review Feminist Economics Book Club Blog Covid-19 Crisis: Questions for the Chancellor UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Equality Impact Assessments and the Budget 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 Briefing: Young Women and Economic Justice Events 11.03.2020 Gender and the Budget 2020 UK Policy Briefings Pre-Budget Briefings 2020 Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in a number of distinct areas. UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Gender, employment and earnings March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Health and Gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Pensions and gender inequality March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Tax and Gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Housing and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Household debt and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Public transport and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Equality Impact Assessments March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Violence against women and girls (VAWG) March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Social care and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG: Tax on saving and investment: gender issues March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefings: Local government and gender March 2020 Blog The ideological dangers of austerity – and why women are bearing the brunt of it Blog by Stephanie Gillibrand for our ECN 'Women and the Economy' series Blog For women especially ‘levelling up’ means investment in people, not just roads and rail Blog Submission to BEIS Good Work Plan consultation November 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to HM Treasury Budget Representation 2020 Blog Gender equality: 5 things to look out for in the Queen’s speech Your guide to the Queen's opening of parliament Blog Roads and rails are welcome, but a healthy economy needs care Blog Investment, Austerity, and Female Employment Blog post by Jessica Brown on our ECN 'Women and the Economy' blog series. Press Releases Women and Housing: General Election It’s key that all parties capture the extent to which the housing crisis is disproportionately affecting women UK Policy Briefings 2019 WBG Briefing: Social security and gender October 2019 UK Policy Briefings General Election 2019: Towards an Economy which Works for Women UK Policy Briefings WBG response to the Queen’s speech – October 2019 Events 18.09.2019 Intersectionality in Feminist Economics panel Unite the Union, London, WC1X 8TN, 18:30 – 19:45 UK Policy Briefings An End to Austerity? What the Spending Review means for women Press Releases WBG responds to the Spending Review We now know that the end of austerity just means no more cuts. But the women who have been hit the hardest won’t believe that austerity has ended until they see an improvement in public services they rely on. UK Policy Briefings Women and the Spending Review August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the NHS long term plan consultation August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour party’s National Policy Forum 2019 consultation August 2019 Blog Promoting Gender Budgeting in Colombia WBG delivers a lecture at the first summer school in Latin America on gender and economics Blog Tell the new Prime Minister: tax cuts turn back the clock on gender equality Reports Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations Blog A feminist analysis of neoliberalism and austerity policies in the UK Press Releases Promise of ‘end of austerity’ rings hollow: social security frozen for another year and public services are in crisis Women's Budget Group respond to the Spring Statement Reports Triple Whammy: the impact of local government cuts on women March 2019 IAFFE conference Glasgow Events 13.03.2019 2019 Spring Statement Viewing Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Kings Place, 90 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 9AG Press Releases WBG welcomes Select Committee recommendation that Treasury assess equality impact And calls on Treasury to act in time for 2019 Spending Review Events 07.03.2019 Report launch: Triple Whammy – the impact of local government cuts on women Diskus Suite, Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN Blog ‘Gender-neutral’: Universal Credit Equality Impact Assessments Equality Impact Assessments can improve decision-making and and show if public bodies have considered equality Reports Life-Changing & Life-Saving: Funding for the women’s sector December 2018 Blog Austerity hits women harder A recording of our event with the Independent Expert on foreign debt & human rights Events 12.12.2018 Report Launch: Life-Changing & Life-Saving: Funding for the women’s sector Jubilee Room, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Useful Links The impact of austerity on women A presentation by Professor Diane Elson Blog Instrumental gender approach ignores structural elephant in the room A guest blog by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and human rights Blog Going, going, gone: The unrelenting destruction of our social infrastructure A guest blog by Hilary Land, Emeritus Professor at the University of Bristol Blog Why older women’s economic empowerment matters for international development A guest blog by Kate Horstead, Policy Advisor at Age International Blog Government must take urgent action on poverty WBG response to findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty Blog Promoting Economic Pluralism A guest blog by Teresa Linzner from Promoting Economic Pluralism UK Budget Assessments 2018 Autumn Budget: WBG full analysis November 2018 Events 04.12.2018 How does austerity impact on women’s human rights? NYU London, 6 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA, 10am – 12.00pm Press Releases Budget promises ‘jam tomorrow’ but little real change 29th October 2018 Consultation Responses Consultations on Trade Negotiations Submission to the Department for International Trade (October 2018) UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Education and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2018: Childcare October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Trade and Investment October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Disabled Women and Austerity October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Social Care October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Women and Pensions October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Tax and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Social Security and Women October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Savings and Investments: Gender Issues October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Housing and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Health and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Women, Employment and Earnings October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 Autumn Budget: Pre-Budget Policy Briefings Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in a number of distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2018 Events 29.10.2018 2018 Autumn Budget viewing Room 6, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BB, 3-6pm Useful Links Quaker’s ‘new economy’ booklets A series of free booklets and session plans for new economy reading groups Blog Transforming Care OpenDemocracy publishes a new eBook outlining a new vision for Britain's economy Press Releases UK Government lagging behind in making budgets work for women 19th September 2018 Consultation Responses Extreme Poverty Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights in the UK(September 2018) Blog Gender and the Budget WBG member Susan Himmelweit talks to the Progressive Economy Forum about the 2018 Autumn Budget (Podcast) Toolkits Feminist Economics resources A set of easy and accessible resources on feminist economics, free to download. Events 19.09.2018 Gender Responsive Budgeting Reception The Living Room, City Hall, London, 6-9pm Reports The Female Face of Poverty Our 2018 report looking at the causes and consequences of economic deprivation for women. Consultation Responses Universal Credit Inquiry Submission to the Public Accounts Committee (June 2018) Press Releases Spring Statement 2018 13th March 2018 UK Budget Assessments 2018 Spring Financial Statement: WBG response March 2018 Resources #MoreWomenInEcon campaign resources A campaign to ask governments and universities to do more to address the lack of women in economics. Toolkits Gender Responsive Budgeting A comprehensive set of Gender Responsive Budgeting resources available to download and share for free. Consultation Responses Submission to the OHCHR: The impact of economic reform policies on women’s human rights February 2018 Blog What is Feminist Economics? We look at just what exactly 'feminist economics' means... UK Policy Briefings The Equality impact of tax and benefit changes – why an impact assessment is needed December 2017 briefing 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. Events 22.11.2017 Members invited to review Autumn Budget 2017 Barrow Cadbury Trust, 12pm – 3pm Reports Intersecting Inequalities A 2017 report from the WBG & The Runnymede Trust looking at the impact of austerity on BME women. 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. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. 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. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Social Care Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Savings Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Pensions Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Housing Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Health Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Employment Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Education Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Brexit Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. Blog Gender Budgeting in Scotland: A Work in Progress New special issue includes article on Gender Budgeting in Scotland Press Releases New research shows Universal Credit failing the ‘just about managing’ 16th August 2017 Blog Plan F: Our General Election Manifesto Response Blog The General Election 2017 Blog General Election Blogs Blog IMF Worldwide Review of Gender Budgeting Useful Links What is Gender Responsive Budgeting? We've put together a list of useful resources on gender responsive budgeting. Events 22.05.2017 The General Election Women’s Hustings Monday 22 May, Chartered Insurance Institute, London, 6pm – 8pm Consultation Responses Submission to Government’s Industrial Strategy Consultation April 2017 Press Releases WBG publishes its full gender impact assessment of the 2017 Spring Budget 20th March 2017 UK Policy Briefings Tax treatment of savings and investments Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, WBG produced a briefing on the impact of changes in the tax treatment of savings and investments from a gender perspective UK Policy Briefings Violence Against Women and Girls: 2017 Spring Budget briefing Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, WBG produced a background briefing on the key policy issues impacting Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). 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. Press Releases Promoting gender equality across Government March 2017 response to recommendations of the Women and Equalities Committee on Sustainable Development Goal 5. UK Budget Assessments 2017 Spring Budget: WBG full analysis 2017 Spring Budget 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. Press Releases ‘There are no more efficiency savings to be had’, says Women’s Budget Group 1st March 2017 Events 01.03.2017 A Budget that Works for Women: Keynote and panel discussion with Sarah Champion MP Wednesday 1 March 2017, 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Rooms 32LIF.1.04 and 1.05), 9am - 11am UK Policy Briefings Costing and funding free universal childcare of high quality A 2017 updated briefing from the Women's Budget Group Events 08.03.2017 Join WBG to view the 2017 Budget Wednesday 8 March, Barrow Cadbury Trust WC2B 4AS (rooms 1 & 2), 12-3pm Events 08.03.2017 IWD Event: Gender Equality for a Sustainable Economy Wednesday 8th March, 5-7PM Reports Investing in the Care Economy A 2017 report by WBG for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and UN Women. 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 New research shows poverty, ethnicity & gender magnify the impact of austerity on BME women 28th November 2016 Press Releases 2016 AFS fails women who are just about managing 23rd November 2016 Reports Investing in the Care Economy: Investing 2% of GDP in care industries could create 1.5 million jobs 2016, A report for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Events 23.11.2016 Join WBG to view the 2016 Autumn Financial Statement Wednesday 23 November 2016, TUC, London, 12pm - 3pm Blog Does the Treasury have something to hide? WBG immediate response to the Women & Equalities Committee report Events 19.10.2016 Book Launch: Economics and Austerity in Europe Book launch for ‘Economics and austerity in Europe: Gendered impacts and sustainable alternatives’ Toolkits Making your voice heard: A toolkit for local campaigning A toolkit to help women campaign and lobby locally on issues that are important to them. Analysis May Monitor: How will Theresa May’s Government live up to her early promises? How will Theresa May’s Government live up to her early promises? Blog #MayMonitor – WBG launches new campaign #MayMonitor – an on-going project to track the actions of May’s Government Blog Corbyn vs. Smith How the Labour leadership candidates responded to 5 questions on gender equality Press Releases Rethinking austerity is overdue: it has hit women and ethnic minorities hardest 14th June 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 UK Policy Briefings A cumulative gender impact assessment of ten years of austerity policies A March 2016 briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group. UK Policy Briefings Investing in the Care economy to boost employment and gender equality 2016 briefing on a gender analysis of employment stimulus in seven OECD countries Blog Budget response: Women paying for the Chancellor’s tax cuts Budget response (March, 2016) Blog Policies of the Conservative Government to be more regressive than those of the Coalition A new briefing launched today by the UK Women’s Budget Group (March, 2016) Blog Investing 2% of GDP in care industries could create 1.5 million jobs A new report launched today shows that investing public funds in childcare and elder care services is a worthwhile investment Blog Parliament debates impact of austerity on women 9 December 2015: Topics covered in the debate, which lasted three hours, included the gender pay gap, benefit changes, and occupational segregation UK Budget Assessments 2015 Autumn Statement and Spending Review: Full Analysis December 2015 Press Releases The 2015 Spending Review: Chancellor still failing to invest in women’s security 25th November 2015 UK Budget Assessments 2015 Summer Budget: Full Budget Analysis 2015 Summer Budget Analysis (July) Press Releases ‘A budget that undermines women’s security’ 8th July 2015 UK Policy Briefings Poverty in the UK: the need for a gender perspective A briefing (June, 2015) UK Policy Briefings How do election 2015 party manifestos measure up to a Plan F? A briefing (November, 2016) Blog What does the 2015 Autumn Financial Statement mean for women? How the measures announced in the joint Autumn Statement and Comprehensive Spending Review will impact on women UK Budget Assessments 2015 Spring Budget: Briefing Spring Budget Briefing (April 2015) UK Budget Assessments 2015 Spring Budget: Full Budget Analysis Spring Budget Analysis (April 2015) UK Budget Assessments 2014 Autumn Financial Statement: Full Budget Analysis 2014 Autumn FS Press Releases WBG response to 2014 Autumn Financial Statement 30th December 2014 UK Budget Assessments 2014 Spring Budget: Full Budget Analysis 2014 Spring Budget UK Budget Assessments 2014 Spring Budget: Budget Briefing 2014 Spring Budget Press Releases Tax breaks for men, funded by women – WBG and Fawcett respond to Budget 2014 15th April 2014 Press Releases Budget 2014: A budget for the makers, doers and savers – but what about the carers? 19th March 2014 UK Budget Assessments 2013 Autumn Financial Statement: Full Analysis 2013 Autumn FS Press Releases Osborne’s recovery is an illusion, women still feel the pinch 5th December 2013 UK Policy Briefings Recognising marriage in the tax system will not benefit women Briefing on the 2013 Transferable Tax Allowance (November, 2013) Toolkits Women vs Local Cuts: a toolkit for women’s groups Challenging Gender Equality Impact Assessments and Local Government Budgets - a free toolkit for women's groups UK Policy Briefings To ensure economic recovery for women, we need Plan F Pre-Budget Briefing, September 2013 UK Budget Assessments The impact on women of the 2013 Spending Round July 2013 Spending Round UK Budget Assessments 2013 Spring Budget: Full Budget Analysis 2013 Spring Budget UK Budget Assessments The Impact on women of Autumn Financial Statement 2012 and Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill 2013 2012 Autumn FS UK Policy Briefings Plan F: A feminist economic strategy for a caring and sustainable economy Pre-Budget Briefing, 2015 UK Budget Assessments The Impact on Women of the Budget 2012 2012 Spring Budget UK Budget Assessments 2012 Spring Budget: Full WBG Analysis March 2012 UK Policy Briefings Plan A has failed. 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