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We welcome the Government's acknowledgment of the disproportionate impact of unpaid care on women, but concerns about benefit cuts remain.
The WBG responds to the Prime Minister's 'Plan for Change' speech.
Ahead of today’s budget, we're urging the Chancellor to tackle the widening gender housing affordability gap.
Read our immediate response to today's first Labour Budget
Changing the fiscal rules to allow for an increase in public investment would be a welcome move from the Chancellor.
WBG's response to today's first reading of the Labour Government's new Employment Rights Bill
A new briefing launched today by the WBG at Labour Party Conference 2024 shows women have most to benefit from new workers’ rights laws
New report reveals the devastating toll of austerity cuts on Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Women's living standards.
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The budget insufficiently measures for mental health & social care, lacking action on Universal Credit & tax cuts that disproportionately benefit men.
The Women’s Budget Group advocates for UK Government to adopt gender-responsive budgeting, following Scotland's lead.
Women’s Budget Group, Surviving Economic Abuse & the End Violence Against Women Coalition
The report shows the economic impact of Brexit will hit women hard, leading to lost jobs, cuts to services and a squeeze on family budgets.
The UK Women’s Budget Group criticizes the Spring Statement for ignoring Brexit risks, missing opportunities to invest in social infrastructure.
[1] Available at: https://news.gov.scot/news/promoting-equality
See for example Available at: https://www.internationalbudget.org/2017/10/gender-budgeting-in-2017/
An estimated 1.2 million women have experienced domestic violence in the UK and the majority of those experiencing it are women. Coercive control, which includes financial abuse, is illegal in England and Wales.* * a person connected to you repeatedly behaves in a way which makes you feel controlled, dependent, isolated or scared is illegal in England and Wales. Economic abuse (encompassing financial abuse) is included in the Government’s proposed statutory definitely of domestic abuse.
The meeting is being held in Committee Rm 12, House of Commons at 15.00.