Government must take urgent action on poverty
WBG response to findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty
UK Policy Briefing
List of pre-budget briefings setting out the impact of current policies and of the Covid pandemic.
Ahead of the Autumn 2021 Budget, the following pre-budget briefings set out the impact of current policies and of the Covid pandemic. They make recommendations for investments and policies to promote gender equality for women in all their diversity.
View and download the briefings here:
Childcare, gender and Covid-19
Health inequalities and Covid-19
Violence against women and girls
Women and employment in the recovery from Covid-19
Maternity, paternity and parental leave
Social care, gender and Covid-19
Economic challenges for single mothers
Other briefings:
Economic challenges for disabled women (Spring 2021)
Economic challenges for migrant women (Spring 2021)
Economic challenges for young women (Spring 2021)
Education and gender (Spring 2021)
Household debt and gender (Spring 2021)
Gender and trade post-Brexit (2018)
Equality Impact Assessments (2019)
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WBG response to findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty
All Women’s Budget Group members are invited to meet and review the Autumn Budget.
Wednesday 8 March, Barrow Cadbury Trust WC2B 4AS (rooms 1 & 2), 12-3pm
In today's Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced tax give-aways that benefit men over women and the better off rather than those most in need.