WBG Briefing: Housing and Gender
Posted on 29 October 2018
How will the 2018 Autumn Budget Affect Women?
Women have been disproportionately affected by changes to taxes, benefits and public spending on services since 2010 as a result of structural inequalities which mean they earn less, own less and have more responsibility for unpaid care and domestic work.
In her speech at the 2018 Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May said the British people needed to know that austerity was over, but will the Autumn Budget reflect this?
Ahead of the Budget announcement this week, the Women’s Budget Group have produced a series of budget briefings analysing the gender impact of policy in 14 distinct areas. WBG also outline a number of policy proposals for an economy that promotes equality between women and men.
The full set of briefings are also available to view and download via the website, along with an overview document summarising some key points from each.
The WBG Briefing on Housing and Gender written by Professor Becky Tunstall can be viewed and downloaded here: