This pamphlet contains a collection of ambitious essays, authored by Labour MPs, The Good Growth Foundation and with an introduction by The Women’s Budget Group, exploring how we come together to ...

Care is fundamental to individual wellbeing as well as to the functioning of the economy and wider public services. However, as a result of marketisation, decades of chronic underfunding and a failure ...

Ahead of tomorrow’s Budget a group of female Labour MPs from the 2024 intake have released a set of essays called: An Unashamedly Female Agenda: A Political Economy for Women. The collection, written ...

We put feminism into economics and economics into feminism. We are a feminist think tank that raises awareness of and provides evidence for a gender equal economy - acting as a link between academia, ...

The WBG is delighted to host this webinar exploring new research into the impact of parenting leave policies & the burden of childcare responsibility. The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) is delighted to ...

It is widely agreed, including by the Department for Work and Pensions, that the State Pension alone is not and will be insufficient to provide an adequate standard of living in retirement, and that ...

Gender inequality is deeply rooted in multiple areas of society, making it harder for women to stay out of poverty. Women tend to take on more caring responsibilities, often preventing them from ...

In the last 14 years, most people in the UK have experienced a decline in living standards. Women on low incomes, women from minority ethnic backgrounds, Disabled women, and families with children are ...

The gender wealth gap in Great Britain stands at 21% compared to 13% for the gender pay gap, reveals new analysis of the Wealth and Assets Survey by the Women’s Budget Group (WBG). WBG calls for ...

Care is an essential part of life. We all need care, not only when we are very young and as we grow older, but also at times throughout our lives. Most of us will also give care for varying periods of ...

Young women in the UK are increasingly likely to juggle multiple jobs in order to secure enough income and working hours. This reflects deep-rooted problems in the labour market, including low pay, ...

Key points. The number of women in employment has recovered significantly since the pandemic, reaching the highest absolute numbers since records began. However, this headline fig ...