Role of the group

To help shape the Government's equality approach to the budget.

Members

• Equality Unit - Yvonne Strachan (Chair)
• Chief Economist - Gary Gillespie
• Finance Policy - Andrew Watson
• Equality and Tackling Poverty Analysis - Paul Tyrer
• Equality and Human Rights Commission - Chris Oswald, Head of Policy and Communications (Scotland)
• COSLA - James Fowlie, Director (Integration and Development)
• Glasgow Caledonian University/Scottish Women's Budget Group - Angela O'Hagan, Research Fellow
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Jim McCormick