Fairness Test needed - our budget submission to the Treasury

Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 9 June 2010

The Equality Trust and One Society are calling for the government to publish a Fairness Test – an inequality impact assessment of any tax rises or spending cuts necessary to tackle the deficit – alongside the emergency budget on 22nd June, to allow government to prove its commitment to ensuring cuts do not hit the poorest hardest.

This impact analysis, much of which can only be undertaken by government departments, allows government to hardwire their commitment to fairness into the budgeting system, and ensures that these crucial decisions are made with the best information on their potential impact.

Read our budget submission

Read background to the Fairness Test