UK Policy Briefing
Gender and Social Security as a Human Right
This briefing examines a human rights approach to social security for women in the UK and is in collaboration with Amnesty International UK.
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Open Letter
Independent Review into National Statistics
We have written to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about the independent review of the data collected and published by the ONS
Consultation Response
Our submission to the APPG on Poverty and Inequality
WBG’s Submission to APPG on Poverty and Inequality Inquiry into the Disproportionate Impact of Poverty and Inequality on Disabled People
UK Budget Assessment
WBG’s response to the Spring Statement 2025
WBG’s alternative feminist response to a changing world
Open Letter
Cuts to Social Security for Disabled Women
Together with other women's organisations, we've written to the Chancellor to express concerns about cuts to disability benefits
Open Letter
Carer’s Allowance overpayments
We support an open letter expressing concerns about Carer’s Allowance overpayment debts
Consultation Response
WBG response to Ministry of Justice’s Consultation on Civil legal aid
Proposed changes to civil legal aid must be assessed through a gender equality lens
UK Policy Briefing
Gender, Data and the Labour Market: Why Data Collection is not Gender Neutral
This briefing outlines the urgent need for gender-sensitive economic data to inform effective policymaking
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Open Letter
Government “must go further” on flexible working rights
The WBG signed a joint statement put forward by the Trades Union Congress on the Employment Relations Bill.
Open Letter
Together Against Charging: Trade Union and Migrant Org Statement
UNIONS & MIGRANT ORGANISATIONS’ STATEMENT – PUBLIC SECTOR PAY RISE
UK Policy Briefing
The two-child limit to means tested benefits
Briefing on the two-child limit from the Women’s Budget Group
Report
Gender Gaps in Access to Civil Legal Justice
A survey of support services in England and Wales.
Open Letter
Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch: Reconsider Announcements on Parental Leave
The WBG has signed a letter by the Fatherhood Institute calling on Kemi Badenoch to improve the UK’s statutory paternity and parental leave system.
Open Letter
Joint statement on ‘The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses?’
The WBG has signed Positive Money’s joint statement calling for a genuinely inclusive national conversation on the future of money.
Toolkit
How to use Census 2021 data
These resources show how to use census data effectively
UK Policy Briefing
Why Wealth Tax is a Feminist Issue
We argue that the taxation of wealth can tackle gender inequality and raise public revenue to strengthen our social infrastructure.
Consultation Response
WBG Submission to the Financial Resilience APPG June 2023
The Women’s Budget Group submitted a response to the Financial Resilience APPG.
Consultation Response
WBG Submission to the Low Pay Commission May 2023
The Women’s Budget Group submitted a response to the low-pay commission consultation.
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D Hirsch for CPAG (March 2023), the cost of child poverty in 2023, available at https://cpag.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/briefing/cost-child-poverty-2023
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TUC briefing (May 2022) available at https://www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/only-good-well-paid-work-route-out-poverty
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F Hobson for the House of Commons Library (April 2022) The impact of the two-child limit in Universal Credit, available at https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9301/
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WBG response to funding uplift (May 2023) available at https://wbg.org.uk/media/press-releases/wbg-welcomes-funding-boost-for-childcare-in-universal-credit-but-it-remains-insufficient-to-meet-actual-cost-of-childcare-today/
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WBG with Surviving Economic Abuse and the End Violence Against Women Coalition (June 2019) Benefits or Barriers, available at https://wbg.org.uk/analysis/benefits-or-barriers-making-social-security-work-for-survivors-of-violence-and-abuse-across-the-uks-four-nations/
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WBG and Runnymede Trust (2017) Intersecting Inequalities: The impact of austerity in Black and Minority Ethnic women in the UK
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WBG (September 2022) The Cost Crisis: a Gendered Analysis
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WBG (2023) Spring Budget 2023: Social security and gender
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The UK gender pay gap was 14.9% in December 2022; the EU average was 12.7% in 2021. Sources: Office for NaIonal StaIsIcs, 2022 and EU Monitor, 2023 (see References below)
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[1] WBG with five women’s organisations in Coventry (2018) The Female Face of Poverty