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Budget day

By Kieron L Jones, on 21 March 2012

HM Treasury will be presenting the budget today.  The website has a background guide.  You can follow the webcast live or read the supporting documents.  Past budgets can also be viewed.  Follow the news on the Treasury Twitter feed.

HM Revenue and customs updates, Office for Budget Responsibility has economic and fiscal outlooks.  Background information on the history of the budget can be found on the UK Parliament website.

Newspapers and News services.  All these newspapers have special sections of coverage:
BBC news reports and analysis
Telegraph
Guardian
Times subscription required to access most resources
Financial Times note some sections may be restricted to subscribers only
Independent

Financial Commentators.
Institute of Fiscal Studies has a green budget on its website – also papers and analysis
The following tax and accountancy firms offer comment, analysis and predictions on their websites:
Deloitte
Price Waterhouse Coopers
KPMG
ICAEW Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Baker Tilly
Ernst and Young
Grant Thornton
PKF accountants
Smith and Williamson
Saffery Champness Chartered Accountants.

Industry and pressure group budget submissions.
ASH – smoking
British Chambers of Commerce
British Venture Capital Association

CBI – submission.
Council of Mortgage Lenders.
EEF engineering body
Federation of Small Businesses
Institute of Directors
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
TUC

Source: LIS-SOCIALSCIENCE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

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