The Scottish Women's Budget Group was founded to promote gender equality in the Scottish Budgetary process.
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Scotland needs a fair tax system that better funds public services and care work.
Women, disabled people, those on low incomes and people from black and ethnic minority communities are disproportionately impacted by unpaid and undervalued care work.
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This means that they are also more likely to rely on underfunded public services.
In Poverty Alliance's Scottish Anti-Poverty Review, we outline key recommendations to achieve tax justice in Scotland, ensuring that we change the disproportionate impact on women.
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As members of #TaxJusticeScotland, we’re calling on the First Minister to better tax wealth.
Replace Council Tax and accelerate the private jet tax.
Fairer tax is key to a fairer/greener/more prosperous Scotland.
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Research shows that women carry out the majority of unpaid care work and are more likely to rely on public services – making tax a deeply gendered issue.
Read our joint letter to the FM: bit.ly/TJSFMLetter
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In this article, SWBG share how the expansion of childcare is vital for advancing women’s equality, but why the current delivery of funded childcare simply isn’t working for everyone and what needs to be addressed.
Read the complete article here:
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/0…
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Better care policies will reduce women’s inequality.
In our 2026 women’s survey, over 850 women told us that they agreed.
Why? Because affordable childcare supports more women to work, helping them gain financial stability, improve wellbeing and reduce inequality.
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▸Fixing issues with the current funded hours
▸Expand the funded offer to both early years, alongside school-age children
▸Provide targeted support for low-income families and those most marginalised from current services
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We need our elected MSPs to act, which starts by reading the briefing.
Download, read and share the briefing: swbg.org.uk/content/publicat…
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Abderdeen Voices, developed by Station House Media Unit (SHMU), challenges the stigma of poverty through conversations with people with lived experience.
The Scottish Women’s Budget Group worked with SHMU to highlight women’s experiences of poverty in Aberdeen, including
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...the impact of No Recourse to Public Funds. Read the full resource above and SWBG’s report on inequality and poverty in Aberdeen here: SWBG Aberdeen Report
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Read the complete resource here:
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It was good to share more about the Care Policy Scorecard, a "practical tool to assess and track the extent to which gov policies related to care are adopted, budgeted for/implemented, and the extent to which they have a transformative effect on care."
ascotlandthatcares.org/score…
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Next up on the skills miniburst session at #Homecare26. Sara Cowan @SWBG talks about the Scotland’s Care Policy Scorecard as part of the A Scotland that Cares campaign.
It highlights the need for investment in the care sector and positive narrative reframing.
#CareCreates
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Scottish Women's Budget Group retweeted
May 15
Next up on the skills miniburst session at #Homecare26. Sara Cowan @SWBG talks about the Scotland’s Care Policy Scorecard as part of the A Scotland that Cares campaign.
It highlights the need for investment in the care sector and positive narrative reframing.
#CareCreates
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Following the Scottish Election, the SWBG, will continue campaigning for women’s economic equality, pushing for reform in care, gender budgeting and more.
swbg.org.uk/content/get-invo…
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We’ve just heard back from some of the political parties competing for your vote on 7 May.
Visit our website to find out what they said on care, gender bias in healthcare, the cost of living and more.
swbg.org.uk/news/blog/questi…
2 of the major political parties have responded to questions developed by you on issues around care to the cost of living.
We’ll be sharing any other responses that we receive. We hope these responses will help inform you during the election.
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2 of the major political parties have responded to questions developed by you on issues around care to the cost of living.
We’ll be sharing any other responses that we receive. We hope these responses will help inform you during the election.
swbg.org.uk/blog
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The SWBG has been working with women across Scotland, increasing their knowledge of the ‘economy’, economic policy and public finance processes in Scotland.
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In our latest blog, we share final reflections from participants.
An important read for policy makers and those interested in learning more about Scotland's budget process.
swbg.org.uk/news/blog/final-…
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