Media Round-Up: September 2024

Our Senior Policy and Research Officer Ignacia Pinto wrote an opinion piece for OpenDemocracy arguing that if the new government cares about poverty, it must start by rebuilding our broken safety net: Scrapping the two-child cap would be a start – but still not enough

This month we published a new report on the intersectional impact of austerity on women, which was covered as an exclusive in the Guardian: Women in UK ‘will be worse off than in 2010 unless public spending rises’

Our report was also picked up by the Voice: Charity warns of 13% Drop in Black women’s living standards

Following our release, the Big Issue published a comment piece written by WBG’s Ignacia Pinto: Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity’s grip on women in autumn budget

This month, the New Statesman ran an advertorial highlighting our new briefing on Labour’s Employment Rights Bill: Labour’s employment bill is a vital opportunity for women’s rights

We also appeared on LBC, where our director Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson was interviewed by Matthew Wright on falling birth rates.