Today is budget day.
Here are some good links for keeping up to date from the Intute team
http://www.intute.ac.uk/ and the LSE Library


Here are our quick links to the major coverage.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/govpub/unikin/UK_government_budget.htm

Follow the latest budget news and views online!
Official Government web sites
*	Parliament Live TV <http://www.parliamentlive.tv/>  - watch the
speech online. 
*	Labour Party web site <http://www.labour.org.uk/>  - press
releases biography of Gordon Brown. 
*	HM Treasury 2007 Budget website
<http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_07/bud_bud07_index.cfm> 
the official transcript of the speech, plus pre-budget reports and
documents on all budgets from 2000 onwards.
*	Inland Revenue  <http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2007/index.htm>
Press releases relating to the budget 
*	FAQS about the Budget  <http://www.parliament.uk/faq/faq.cfm> -
From the Parliament web site eg can the chancellor Drink alcohol? 
News Services
*	FT coverage - note LSE staff and students have access to the
LEXIS Nexis news database <http://www.ft.com/indepth/budget2007> 
*	Guardian Newspaper Coverage
<http://business.guardian.co.uk/budget2007/0,,2028552,00.html>  
*	Times
<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/budget_2007/?C
MP=KNC-IX7429721604&HBX_PK=budget+2007&HBX_OU=50> 
*	BBC Coverage and analysis
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2007/budget_2007/default.s
tm>  
*	Telegraph Newspaper
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?menuId=242&menuItemId=9367&
view=SUMMARY&grid=F10&targetRule=0&CMP=KNC-umknc01_bn_bus_1&HBX_PK=Budge
t&HBX_OU=50>  
Commentary from Academic and finance specialists Groups
*	Institute for Fiscal Studies Budget Commentary a
<http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications.php?heading_id=2> lso includes
commentary on all budgets since 2005 and Green Budget reports
Deloitte Predictions and analysis
<http://www.ukbudget.com/UKBudget2007/index.cfm>  
*	Ernst and Young 2007 News
<http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL/content.nsf/UK/Budget> 
*	Grant thornton Budget Reports.
<http://www.grant-thornton.co.uk/pages/publications_and_events-budget-ho
mepage.html>  
*	KPMG Budget reports on tax
<http://www.kpmg.co.uk/services/t/b/index.cfm>  
*	PriceWaterhouse Coopers Budget pages.
<http://www.pwc.com/uk/budget/index.html> 

  
Interest Groups and Employers .Budget Submissions.
*	
*	British Chamber of Commerce - Time to Tackle Tax burden on
Business <http://www.chamberonline.co.uk/Yc1uN34.html>  
*	CBI
<http://www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs/staticpages.nsf/StaticPages/home.html/?OpenD
ocument> 
*	Council of Mortgage Lenders
<http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/search?keywords=budget> 
*	TUC Coverage and submissions.
<http://www.tuc.org.uk/economy/index.cfm?mins=10> 
*	Institute of Chartered Accountants <http://www.icaew.co.uk/>
-budget submission paper.
<http://www.icaew.co.uk/viewer/index.cfm?AUB=TB2I_92388> 
*	Federation of Small Business
<http://www.fsb.org.uk/documentstore/filedetails.asp?ID=372>  Budget
Submission. 
*	Friends of the Earth
<http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/browns_budgets_fail_green_
19032007.htmll> 
*	Forum of Private Businesses Budget Submission.
<http://www.fpb.co.uk/c0OA_hpo-NrlRw.html> 
*	Freight Transport Association Submission.
<http://www.fta.co.uk/news/pressreleases/archive/20070316Budget2007.htm>

*	Institute of Directors Submission.
<http://www.iod.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/pdfs/policy_paper_budget_
report_2007.pdf> 
*	Investment Management Association Submission.
<http://www.investmentuk.org/press/2007/20070226.asp>  
*	Retail Motor Industry submission.
<http://www.rmif.co.uk/article.aspx?id=252> 

How popular is Gordon Brown? Try the newsnight Gordaq index.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/5134168.stm> 

		remember that you can find lots more sources by
searching the main intute catalogue . here is just a selection.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=budget&limit=0&subject=A
ll
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Heather Dawson
Intute Government and Politics editor.
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