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
Keep up to date with the social science news stories by reading our blog
where we offer links to topical news stories.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/
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Heather Dawson
Intute Government and Politics editor.
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