Austerity is creating fertile ground for the far-right: instead the UK must invest to fix its social infrastructure

Amy BrookerIn the news, Poverty in the UK, Women's Economic Empowerment

The UK government needs to listen to Iceland’s progressive prime minister when she says robust welfare policies are the antidote to far-right extremism. And what’s more, investing in social infrastructure – in care, in health, in schools – is essential to driving the growth the government wants, says Amy Brooker of the Women’s Budget Group.

Government budgets that work for women and girls

Nguyen Thu HuongActive citizenship, Gender, Governance

What could putting females, and other genders, at the heart of government budgets look like? Clare Coffey and Nguyen Thu Huong introduce a new tool to help. We all know that money matters and how governments collect and spend their budgets is a case in point. We need governments budgets because they fund schools and teachers, hospitals and staff. But …