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Consultation Response
Department for Business and Trade Consultation
Our response to the consultation on the Application of Zero Hours Contracts Measures to Agency Workers
Consultation Response
Investing in Care and Social Infrastructure
WBG’s Consultation Response to the Industrial Strategy White Paper
Consultation Response
Submission to the Department for Work and Pensions
Our response to the Statutory Sick pay consultation
Open Letter
The Equal Pay Alliance Open Letter
We support an open letter to demand action to address labour market inequality
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The Feminist Future of Work
The Employment Rights Bill and the impact on women's working lives
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Fair, Green Pensions for All
WBG is happy to support this open letter calling for decent pensions for all, and sustainable thriving economy
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Trade and investment: Briefing for a new government
This briefing looks at the effects of domestic trade policies and international trade agreements, including on labour rights and public services.
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Early Education and Childcare: Briefing for a new government
This briefing summarises the key issues including supply to access, quality and affordability – and makes short and long term recommendations.
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Social security and gender: Briefing for a new government
This briefing outlines how a more adequate and sustainable social security system is vital to the recovery of people’s lives and the economy.
UK Policy Briefing
Spring Budget 2023: Women and employment
A pre-budget briefing on 'Women and Employment' from the UK Women’s Budget Group – Spring 2023.
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. WBG own analysis of ONS (2023) Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: November 2023
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Spasova, S., Bouget, D., Belletti C., and Vanhercke B. (2020). Sickness benefits in the EU: making sense of diversity, ETUI
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https://www.wbg.org.uk/publication/womens-budget-group-submission-to-low-pay-commission -consultation-june-2024/, https://irr.org.uk/research/statistics/poverty/
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https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2020/february/nearly-half-everyone-poverty-either-disabled -person-or-lives-disabled-person
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https://www.closethegap.org.uk/content/resources/Close-the-Gap-briefing-for-Scottish -Government-debate-on-eradicating-child-poverty-June-24.pdf
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https://www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/gender-pay-gap-reporting-a-comparative-analysis.pdf
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https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/How%20We% 20Work/UNSystemCoordination/UN-SWAP/UN-SWAP-2-Guidance-on-UN-strategic-planning-and-gender-equality-and-empowerment-of-women-en.pdf
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ONS (2024) People in employment on zero-hours contracts
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WBG calculations = 555,000 women on zero-hours contracts Apr-June 2024 + 910,000 women who currently earn less than £123 a week according to TUC in January 2024 (70% of 1.3 million.) https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/women-more-twice-likely-men-miss-out-statutory-sick-pay
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CLES and WBG (2023) New research: prioritising gender inclusion in economic strategies
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The National Minimum Wage is currently paid to under 21-year-olds whereas the National Living Wage is paid to those over 21 years old. However, the new government plans to remove these age bands so that there is one National Minimum Wage for all workers.
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Common Wealth, “Undefined Benefit: Fixing the UK Pensions System”, 2023. Available here.
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Make My Money Matter, “Fossil Fuels in UK Pensions: An analysis of Fossil Fuel exposure in UK Pension Funds”, 2023. Available here.
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Brett Christophers, “The dangers of asset managers when it comes to long-term infrastructure”, The Financial Times, 17/04/23. Available here. For more extensive detail see Christophers, Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own The World, Verso: 2023.