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Government’s own analysis shows largest group to be hit by disability benefit cuts are single women, highlights Women’s Budget Group
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WBG response to Government Changes to Disability Benefit
£5bn in Disability Benefit Cuts: A Step Backwards for Disabled People and Carers, WBG warns
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Government must prioritise gender equality and restore a dedicated Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
Women's voices must be heard and their interests represented at the heart of government
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WBG responds to UK Statistics Assembly Report
We welcome recommendations made by the report but have concerns about the UK Statistics Authority scaling up administrative data sources
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WBG responds to Keir Starmer’s announcement to cut foreign aid
Cutting an already underfunded aid budget to increase defence spending is both short-sighted and a false economy.
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1 in 4 mothers often worry about being able to afford meeting their children’s needs, finds WBG
Our new report and polling highlight how children's and women's poverty are inextricably linked
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Prioritising physical infrastructure alone misses critical barrier to thriving economy, says WBG
We have responded to the Chancellor's speech on economic growth
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WBG response to Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones’ speech
There are real economic challenges facing the Government which need to be addressed, but cuts to social security are not the answer.
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'Universal Credit risks increasing women's vulnerability to abuse'
Women’s Budget Group, Surviving Economic Abuse & the End Violence Against Women Coalition
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Brexit risks 'turning the clock back on gender equality'
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.
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Spring Statement 2018
The UK Women’s Budget Group criticizes the Spring Statement for ignoring Brexit risks, missing opportunities to invest in social infrastructure.
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Autumn Budget 2017 ‘tinkering at the margins’ says Women’s Budget Group
The Autumn Budget makes minor adjustments rather than tackling fundamental issues concerning Universal Credit, education, social care, health,...
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New research shows Universal Credit failing the ‘just about managing’
New research shows Universal Credit failing the ‘just about managing’: with women and BME households hardest hit.
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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.
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The meeting is being held in Committee Rm 12, House of Commons at 15.00.
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Available at: https:wbg.flywheelsites.com/news/new-research-shows-universal-credit-failing-just-managing-women-bme-households-hardest-hit/
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Institute for Fiscal Studies (2017) Long-run comparisons of spending per pupil across diferent stages of education (p. 9) Available at: http://bit.ly/2zF4pA1