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The high court is today hearing a challenge to the emergency budget on the grounds it will affect females disproportionately.
The Fawcett Society, which campaigns for equality between women and men, is seeking a judicial review of the budget, arguing 70% of the £8bn in cuts will come from women's pockets.
It says: "The Fawcett Society believes such a skewed budget could not have been drawn up in accordance with the law.
"We believe the Treasury did not, as is required by law, consider whether their plans would have a disproportionate impact on women and affect women's equality."
The challenge has been backed by Labour and, if successful, could lead to a full hearing in the high court.
The Treasury says: "We take equalities responsibilities very seriously. We await the court's decision on the Fawcett Society's renewed application.
"The government has made spending reductions in as fair a way as possible, as our own distributional analysis in the spending review confirms."
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We have no time
We can all see very clearly just how unfair the budget is against women, but between work, child care, house work and all the other thing making being female a stressful job in itself us girls have no time to dress as super heros, climb a crain or protest, we probably would if we could afford the child care. Good on the Fawcett Society and wishing them all the best. Us women did not cause the deficit why are we repaying the bulk while watching our pools and librarys close?
Posted by: Laura Turner
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We have no time
We can all see very clearly just how unfair the budget is against women, but between work, child care, house work and all the other thing making being female a stressful job in itself us girls have no time to dress as super heros, climb a crain or protest, we probably would if we could afford the child care. Good on the Fawcett Society and wishing them all the best. Us women did not cause the deficit why are we repaying the bulk while watching our pools and librarys close?
Posted by: Laura Turner