The Fawcett Society has today published a new briefing which brings together all the available evidence on the impact of cuts on women.

Ahead of the Coalition Government’s third budget, ‘The Impact of Austerity on Women’ considers the many different policies being pursued by the government in the name of reducing the deficit, and reveals the true impact of such measures on women - and finds that austerity is ‘reversing equality’: http://fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1267

The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) warns of ‘six more years of austerity that will further undermine gender equality’ in their response to George Osborne’s Autumn Financial Statement. ‘The Impact on Women of the Autumn Financial Statement’ report points out that the coalition government’s policies have already had a negative impact on women and have led to the loss of jobs, income and services.

The response from WBG calls for a Plan F - a feminist alternative economic strategy that drives social and economic recovery through measures that support gender equality and improvements in women’s day-to-day lives.

You can read ‘the Impact on Women of the Autumn Financial Statement’ report on the WBG website.