Articles about 'budget'
Cuts to health and social care will affect women the most
The disproportionate effects of austerity on women have a very real impact on their health, writes Monica Karpinski
Monica Karpinski // 15 December 2017
Categories: Blog
Chancellor’s spending review is bad news for women
Though the Chancellor tried to make good headlines with his recent spending review announcement, it is clear that once again the budget has not been gender-proofed. Polly Trenow discusses the implications for women
Polly Trenow // 29 July 2013
Categories: Features, Politics and Current Affairs
The Conservatives and women: new blog series
Yesterday ConservativeHome launched a week-long series on ‘the Conservatives and women’, just ahead of today’s second reading on the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill which has now capped annual benefits increases...
zohra // 8 January 2013
Categories: Blog
New feature: How the coalition cuts are impacting the women of Bristol
As a report finds Bristol’s women are being hit hard by coalition cuts, Sian Norris interviews domestic violence advisor Sian Taylor from Wish, one of the organisations forced to slash...
Jess McCabe // 3 November 2011
Categories: Blog
How the coalition cuts are impacting the women of Bristol
As a report finds Bristol's women are being hit hard by coalition cuts, Sian Norris interviews domestic violence advisor Sian Taylor from Wish, one of the organisations forced to slash services
Sian Norris // 2 November 2011
Categories: Politics and Current Affairs, Violence
Unfortunately not an April Fools’ joke: cuts hit shelters for domestic violence victims
60% of refuge services will receive no council funding from tomorrow, according to Women’s Aid. As reported by The Guardian yesterday, 72% of floating support services will also be defunded...
Jess McCabe // 31 March 2011
Categories: Blog
Record numbers of women claim Jobseekers’ Allowance as unemployment rises
The number of women claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance has risen 12%, meaning the number of women aged 25-49 claiming the unemployment benefit is at its highest since records began in 1997,...
Jess McCabe // 18 February 2011
Categories: Blog
New feature: Students offer a glimmer of hope
An encounter with students at an Oxford University festival on gender and equality leaves Lisa Ansell optimistic Since the Budget last year, I’ve felt a responsibility to speak loudly about...
Jess McCabe // 24 January 2011
Categories: Blog
Fawcett refused judicial review of Budget
UPDATED to add Fawcett’s response. The Fawcett Society has been refused a judicial review of the emergency budget. Fawcett was arguing that the Treasury did not carry out a gender...
Jess McCabe // 6 December 2010
Categories: Blog
New feature: Cuts? Women will take them on the chin
Government spending cuts will hit women the hardest, with the most marginalised suffering the most. Fionnuala Murphy from the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation breaks it down On the...
Jess McCabe // 10 November 2010
Categories: Blog
Home Office cuts study on how police handle rape cases
An investigation into how the police treat rape cases has been abandoned, after the Home Office withdrew funding, reports The Guardian. The review was announced in response to the John...
Jess McCabe // 17 September 2010
Categories: Blog
Home Sec warns Chancellor on Budget inequality
UPDATE: It should be noted that today Theresa May scrapped powers to ban violent partners from their victim’s home, citing the need to save money. Hopefully we will have more...
Jess McCabe // 4 August 2010
Categories: Blog
Budget Impact on Disabled Women
Philippa writes about the potential effect of the Budget on disabled women.
Philippa Willitts // 8 July 2010
Categories: Blog
More bad news on the Budget
Women will bear the brunt of three-quarters of extra taxes and benefit cuts, according to a gender audit of the Budget carried out by the House of Commons library. And...
Jess McCabe // 5 July 2010
Categories: Blog
The gendered impact of the emergency Budget
The cuts have started, the emergency Budget is out. As Fawcett sets out the cuts are going to hit women hard. As Ceri Goddard says: Reducing women’s economic security in...
Jess McCabe // 24 June 2010
Categories: Blog
Feminist economics: Harman commits to publish impact of future budgets on women
UPDATE: Fawcett have posted a podcast of the full hustings event. Harriet Harman has committed future Labour governments to publish information on how the Budget will affect women. At Fawcett’s...
Jess McCabe // 28 April 2010
Categories: Blog
