“Common law marriage” and cohabitation
This Commons Library briefing paper provides general information about how the law applies to cohabitants, the number of cohabiting couples, and about the Law Commission’s proposals for reform.
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Estimating the gender impact of tax and benefits changes (466 KB, PDF)
Since 2010, successive Labour Shadow Ministers for Women and Equalities have publicised analysis of the impact of personal taxation and benefit changes on women. Commissioned from the House of Commons Library, this analysis is based on a methodology created by Yvette Cooper MP in 2010.
This briefing paper looks the basis for Labour’s claim that changes in taxes and benefits have had a disproportionate impact on women and outlines how the Government has responded to this claim.
It also compares the figures used by Labour to analyse the impact of Government policies by gender with alternative approaches adopted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Women’s Budget Group.
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Estimating the gender impact of tax and benefits changes (466 KB, PDF)
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Universal Credit: A reading list
A Universal Credit reading list covering the new benefit from its development more than a decade ago through to April 2021.
