Spring Forecast 2026

 Spring forecast  march 2026

Here are some useful resources for social scientists

I am sharing these in case you find them helpful!

Uk government documents

What is the  forescast

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10495/

revised government spemnding plans https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10500/ 

Office for Budgetary responsibility will post associated reports

https://obr.uk/

Spring Statement Information.

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/spring-statement-2025


Forecasts for UK economy

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/forecasts-for-the-uk-economy-february-2026

office of Budget Responsibility- https://obr.uk/

Analysis

IFS analysis

https://ifs.org.uk/collections/spring-forecast-2026


Institute for Government

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rachel-reeves-2026-spring-forecast

NIESR

https://niesr.ac.uk/reports/economic-outlook-winter-2026

EY analysis

https://www.ey.com/en_uk/budget


PWC

https://www.pwc.co.uk/


Newspapers

BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv255914xo

Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/20/brighter-uk-economy-rachel-reeves-march-spring-statement

FT

https://www.ft.com/content/f9618f2b-89c9-4f34-a007-82072f344ddc

Budget submissions

CBI

https://www.mercia-group.com/insights/spring-forecast-statement-business-priorities/


Institute of Directors

https://www.iod.com/news/


British Retail Consortium

https://brc.org.uk/news-and-events/news/


Federation of Small Businesses

https://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre/press-release/urgent-warning-over-april-cost-crunch-for-small-businesses-MCP2HYNH7MNRFRLNTCUF3OUANEG4


Russell Group

https://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news

TUC

https://www.tuc.org.uk/news

Royal college of Nursing

https://www.rcn.org.uk/Professional-Development/publications/rcn-the-economic-case-for-investing-in-nursing-uk-pub-012-360

Autumn Budget 2025

Uk government documents


What is the autumn Budget  2025 House of Commons Background

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/autumn-budget-2025/


HM Treasury will post stements and reports

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury



Forecasts for UK economy

Office of Budget Responsibility- https://obr.uk/

Analysis

IFS analysis

https://ifs.org.uk/collections/autumn-budget-2025


Institute for Government autumn statement assessments and analysis

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rachel-reeves-budget-2025-ifgs-six-things

BDO

https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/microsites/budget-autumn-budget-2025/predictions

ICAEW Analysis

https://www.icaew.com/technical/economy/autumn-budget-2025


EY analysis

https://www.ey.com/en_uk/budget


PWC

https://www.pwc.co.uk/budget.html


Newspapers

BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cvg4xx3kq9wt



Guardian

Autumn statement 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/autumn-budget-2025/2025/nov/22/all


FT

https://www.ft.com/uk-autumn-budget-2025

Budget submissions

Local Government Association
https://www.local.gov.uk/parliament/briefings-and-responses/autumn-budget-2025-lga-submission

London Councils

https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/news-and-press-releases/2025/priorities-autumn-budget


CBI
https://www.cbi.org.uk/articles/the-cbis-2025-autumn-budget-submission/

Institute of Directors
https://www.iod.com/app/uploads/2025/11/PV-report-Sept-25-5a1535f93b9b11c093c16e089be17b56.pdf

British Retail Consortium
https://brc.org.uk/priorities/budget-campaign/

Federation of Small Businesses
https://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre/press-release/fsb-calls-for-budget-action-as-more-than-a-quarter-of-scottish-small-businesses-MCBC3IBGEWORCONEFN76H2ZYDHNE

National Housing Federation

https://www.housing.org.uk/resources/our-asks-for-the-autumn-budget/

Russell Group
https://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/submission-autumn-budget-2025

University Alliance
https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2024/10/22/university-alliance-publish-asks-ahead-of-2024-autumn-budget/

Universities UK

https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/Autumn-Budget-representation-from-Universities-UK-October-2025.pdf

TUC
https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/tuc-submission-autumn-budget-2025

Royal College of Nursing

https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/uk-rcn-demands-urgent-action-by-governments-as-future-of-nursing-at-risk-061125

NHS providers

https://nhsproviders.org/resources/budget-2025-submission-from-nhs-providers

BMA

https://www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/working-with-uk-governments/budget/budgets-and-fiscal-events

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

https://www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-living/put-cost-of-living-at-heart-of-budget-for-growth-and-fairness

Child Poverty Action group

https://cpag.org.uk/news/cpags-2025-budget-submission

Care and support Alliance

https://careandsupportalliance.com/budget-2024/

Spending review June 2025

House of Commons Library background paper https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10276/

 Spending review speech

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/spending-review-2025-speech

Treasury Documents 

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-review-2025

Economic analyses

IFS

https://ifs.org.uk/articles/four-big-decisions-2025-spending-review

response

https://ifs.org.uk/articles/spending-review-2025-initial-response

Institute for Government

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/spending-review-2025

NHS

Health Foundation priorities

https://www.health.org.uk/reports-and-analysis/analysis/spending-review-2025-priorities

Royal College of Nursing submission

https://www.rcn.org.uk/magazines/Action/2025/Jun/2025-Spending-Review

NHS providers

https://nhsproviders.org/resources/on-the-day-briefing-spending-review-2025

Kings Fund

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/press-releases/response-comprehensive-spending-review-2025

ABPI British Pharmaceutical industry

https://www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2025/june/spending-review-nhs-must-invest-more-in-proven-innovations-says-abpi/

BMA

https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/comprehensive-spending-review-not-good-enough-for-healthcare-spending-to-keep-systems-treading-water-says-bma

Nuffield Trust

https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nuffield-trust-response-to-the-spending-review-2025

Business

CBI
https://www.cbi.org.uk/articles/spending-review-2025/

IOD

https://www.iod.com/resources/uk-economy/from-the-desk-of-the-chief-economist-the-spending-review/

British Chambers of Commerce

https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news/2025/06/spending-review-must-be-a-catalyst-for-growth/

FSB

https://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre/press-release/don-t-let-chance-for-real-growth-slip-away-at-spending-review-say-small-firms-MCF75JWXYIKFDT3IS62IJINKJS5Q

TUC

https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/spending-review-will-help-economy-continue-strengthen-says-tuc

Spring Statement 2025

Here are some useful resources for social scientists

I am sharing these in case you find them helpful!

Uk government documents

What is the Statement?

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10220/


Office for Budgetary responsibility will post associated reports

https://obr.uk/

Spring Statement Information.

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/spring-statement-2025


Forecasts for UK economy

office of Budget Responsibility- https://obr.uk/

Analysis

IFS analysis
https://ifs.org.uk/collections/spring-statement-2025


Institute for Government

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rachel-reeves-spring-statement

NIESR

https://niesr.ac.uk/blog/spring-statement-2025-fiscal-rules-growth-pressures-and-policy-choices

BDO

https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/microsites/budget-spring-statement-2025


ICAEW Analysis

https://www.icaew.com/technical/economy/spring-statement-march-2025


EY analysis

https://www.ey.com/en_uk/budget


PWC

https://www.pwc.co.uk/budget.html


Newspapers

BBC coverage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qjn879lr4o

Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/spring-statement-2025

FT

https://www.ft.com/uk-spring-statement-2025

Budget submissions

Local Government Association
https://www.local.gov.uk/about/campaigns/spending-review-2025

London Councils
https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/news-and-press-releases/2025/london-councils-spending-review-representation

CBI
https://www.cbi.org.uk/articles/the-cbi-s-2025-spending-review-submission/

Institute of Directors
https://www.iod.com/resources/uk-economy/

British Retail Consortium
https://brc.org.uk/news-and-events/news/corporate-affairs/2025/ungated/consumer-confidence-stabilises-as-gen-z-prepare-to-spend/

Federation of Small Businesses
https://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre

National Housing Federation
https://www.housing.org.uk/resources/what-housing-associations-need-from-the-spending-review-2025/

Russell Group
https://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/submission-spending-review-2025

University Alliance
https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/UA-Spending-Review-submission.pdf

Universities UK

https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/policy-and-research/publications/our-submission-comprehensive-spending

TUC
https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/chancellor-must-stay-course-funding-fix-uks-economic-foundations-tuc

Royal college of Nursing

https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/uk-student-loan-forgiveness-would-keep-nurses-in-profession-longer-says-rcn-report

BMA

https://www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/working-with-uk-governments/budget/budgets-and-fiscal-events

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

https://www.jrf.org.uk/news

Child Poverty Action group

https://cpag.org.uk/news/cpags-submission-2025-spending-review

Autumn Budget 2024

- here are some useful resources for social scientists

I am sharing these in case you find them helpful!

Uk government document


What is the autumn Budget House of Commons Background

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10122/


HM treasury will post stements and reports

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury

Autumn Budget Information.

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/autumn-budget-2024


Forecasts for UK economy

office of Budget Responsibility- https://obr.uk/

Analysis

IFS analysis

https://ifs.org.uk/collections/autumn-budget-2024


Institute for government autumn statement assessments and analysis

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/autumn-budget-2024

BDO

https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/microsites/budget-autumn-budget-2024


ICAEW Analysis

https://www.icaew.com/technical/economy/autumn-budget-2024


EY analysis

https://www.ey.com/en_uk/budget


PWC

https://www.pwc.co.uk/budget.html


Newspapers

BBC coverage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c18plnl8364t

Guardian

Autumn statement 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/autumn-budget-2024

FT

https://www.ft.com/uk-autumn-budget-2024

Budget submissions

Local Government Association
https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/autumn-budget-and-spending-review-submission-2024
London Councils
https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/news-and-press-releases/2024/london-councils-budget-representation-2024

CBI
https://www.cbi.org.uk/articles/the-cbi-s-2024-autumn-budget-submission/

Institute of Directors
https://www.cbi.org.uk/articles/the-cbi-s-2024-autumn-budget-submission/

British Retail Consortium
https://brc.org.uk/news/corporate-affairs/brc-submission-to-autumn-budget-2024/

Federation of Small Businesses
https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/pro-small-business-budget-first-and-best-chance-for-chancellor-to-secure-sustainable-growth.html

National Housing Federation
https://www.housing.org.uk/resources/autumn-budget-and-spending-review-submission-2024/

Russell Group
https://russellgroup.ac.uk/news/russell-group-submission-to-the-autumn-budget-2024/

University Alliance
https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2024/10/22/university-alliance-publish-asks-ahead-of-2024-autumn-budget/

Universities UK

https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/news/invest-universities-autumn-budget-drive

TUC
https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/tuc-submission-treasury-autumn-budget-2024

Royal college of Nursing

https://www.rcn.org.uk/magazines/Action/2024/Oct/Budget-2024-explainer

NHS providers

https://nhsproviders.org/media/699516/autumn-budget-2024-submission.pdf

BMA

https://www.bma.org.uk/media/f4rl0iqm/bma-autumn-budget-representation-2024.pdf

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

https://www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-living/the-real-inheritance-uk-living-standards-crisis-at-october-budget

Child Poverty Action group

https://cpag.org.uk/news/cpags-budget-submission

Care and support Alliance

https://careandsupportalliance.com/budget-2024/

Political Party manifestos 2024

 Liberal Democrats for a Fair deal

 Conservative Party manifesto clear plan bold action

Labour Party- our plan to change Britain

Plaid Cymru for fairness for ambition for Wales

Green Party

Reform UK

SNP manifesto

analysis

General Election 2024: An analysis of manifesto pledges for education - Education Policy Institute

Climate Pledges LSE tool look up by constituency

Science, research, and innovation hustings - four national academies, the Campaign for Science and Engineering, and the Foundation for Science and Technology.

Nuffield Trust analysis of manifestos covering health

London economics higher education  commitments analysis 

Kings Fund health pledges analysis

General Election 2024 polls

 BBC poll tracker

YouGov voting intentions

IPSOS polls

Redfield and Wilton Voting Intentions

Survation voting polls

we think - voting intention tracker

Britain elects is a poll aggregator

NatCen social research  - research on voters

CaSE Public Attitudes to R&D and the General Election 2024 - CaSE (sciencecampaign.org.uk)

General Election TV debates- Links and transcripts (from Box of Broadcasts)

Sunak V Starmer: The ITV Debate, 21:00 04/06/2024, ITV London, 70 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/3C2BFF11?bcast=141226530 (Accessed 06 Jun 2024)

BBC Election Debate, 19:30 07/06/2024, BBC1 London, 90 mins.BBC Election Debate, 19:30 07/06/2024, BBC1 London, 90 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/3C2C3C30?bcast=141248764 (Accessed 10 Jun 2024)


The Battle For Number 10, 2100 - 2200, 21:00 12/06/2024, Sky News, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/3C2CAEE2?bcast=141283076 (Accessed 14 Jun 2024)


The ITV Election Debate 2024, 20:30 13/06/2024, ITV London, 100 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/3C2C4FBD?bcast=141249460 (Accessed 14 Jun 2024)

Immigration Debate: C4 News Special, 18:30 18/06/2024, Channel 4, 85 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/3C2C7610?bcast=141304530 (Accessed 23 Jun 2024)

Question Time Leaders’ Special, 20:00 20/06/2024, BBC News 24, 120 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/3C2C91BB?bcast=141277948 (Accessed 23 Jun 2024)

General Election 2024 manifestos from interest groups

During elections many special interest groups and charities set out agenda of what they believe the next government should do

Business
CBI election hub. 

CBI manifesto
Institute of Directors

Education
NUS
Russell Group students
NFER

Wellcome Institute manifesto for research

Manifesto for lifelong education

GuildHE

British Academy social sciences

Independent higher education

UCU

High esteem, low priority?

Perceptions of UK universities 

and their importance in deciding 

the general election Kings College research

Environment
Friends of the Earth

RSPB

Foreign policy

European Movement
The European Movement’s Manifesto on Europe sets out a clear series of policy asks of candidates standing in the General Election. The Manifesto aims to provide the next Parliament with a blueprint to stop further damaging divergence with Europe and a means to start reversing the calamity of Brexit.”

Health
Kings Fund analysis and briefings

Nuffield Trust

Nuffield Trust analysis of manifestos
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthRoyal College of Psychiatrists.
RCN

RCN petition for care workers

NHS providers

Civil society

lNew Philanthropy capital

International Development
Bond covers foreign aid and SDGs

Social Welfare
AgeUk
Barnados - Children
BASW social work
National Childrens Bureau child care and the family

The value of adult social care to us all: joint statement to National Party Leaders

Children at the table letter from childrens organisations

Women
Womens Aid

End Violence against women

She Votes: Nottingham Women's Manifesto - Nottingham Women's Centre 

Womens resource Centre Toolkit

Spring budget 2024

 

Budget 2024

Here are our starting points for finding out more about the Budget

What is the budget?

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/spring-budget-2024/

House of Commons Library Background briefing

BBC News 

Government sources

HM Treasury will post statements and reports

Office of Budget Responsibility latest outlook for the economy and public finances will be published on 6^th March

Analysis

IFS analysis

Institute for Government

BDO

ICAEW

KPMG

EY analysis

PWC

Submissions- see the full list here.

here are some key examples

Submissions

British chambers commerce

British Retail Consortium

BMA

UK Finance

CityUk

Food and Drink Federation

National Farmers Union

Local Government Association

Shelter

National Housing Federation

Chartered Institute of Housing

HomelessLink

AgeUK

Working Families

Womens Budget Group

 NHS Providers

 Russell group Universities

CBI

Federation Small Businesses

TUC 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

 

Autumn Statement 2023

Here are our starting points for finding out more about the Autumn Statement 2023

What is the Autumn statement?

House of Commons Library background

Background research briefing 2023 - House of Commons Library

BBC explainer

Government sources

HM Treasury will post statements and reports

Forecasts for UK economy

Office of Budget Responsibility latest outlook for the economy and public finances will be published on Wednesday 22 November alongside the Autumn Statement 2023.


Analysis

IFS

Institute for Government Autumn statement assessments and analysis

BDO analysis

ICAEW Analysis

KPMG

EY analysis

PWC

News coverage

BBC coverage

Guardian

FT


Economist


Submissions

British Chambers of Commerce-

British Retail Consortium

BMA statement

UK Finance

CityUK

Food and Drink federation

National Farmers Union

Local Government Association

Shelter

National Housing federation

Chartered Institute of Housing

Homeless Link

Age UK

Working Families

Womens Budget Group- social security and Gender briefing

NHS Providers

Russell Group- universities

CBI

Federation small Businesses

TUC

Joseph Rowntree trust

Autumn Statement November 2022

- here are some useful resources for social scientists

I am sharing these in case you find them helpful!

Uk government document

The Growth Plan 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Medium term plan fiscal measures

Office of Budgetary Responsibility Fiscal Forecasts

Analysis

IFS analysis

Institute for Government

BDO analysis

ICAEW Analysis

EY analysis

 PWC

Newspapers

BBC coverage

Guardian

FT

Submissions

British Chambers of Commerce- Business manifesto

BMA

Shelter

Womens Budget Group- warns against austerity

Russell Group- universities
Autumn statement response

CBI

Federation small Businesses

 TUC

IFS statements and analysis

Joseph Rowntree trust   twitter posts

budget U-turn reactions October

Jeremy Hunt statement

IFS

FT comment

TUC reaction

Unite union reaction

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

National Children's Bureau

Child Poverty Action Group

IPPR reaction Institute for Public policy research

Resolution Foundation includes performance tracker

CIPFA

Mini budget reactions

 reactions to the  September 2022 budget

IFS economic analysis

CBI response

Federation of Small Businesses

Institute of Directors

British Chambers of commerce

TUC trade unions

BMA 

Royal College of Nursing

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Child Poverty Action Group

Trussell Trust food banks

Universities UK

IMF report 3rd September IMF and UK 

Mini Budget September 2022

Autumn 2022 mini budget  - here are some useful resources for social scientists

I am sharing these in case you find them helpful!

Uk government document

Office of Budgetary Responsibility Fiscal Forecasts

https://obr.uk/
https://obr.uk/supplementary-forecast-information-release-21/

Analysis

House of Commons Library background briefing

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9623/

IFS analysis

https://ifs.org.uk/collections/mini-budget-september-2022

 

Institute for Government

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/new-chancellor-in-tray

BDO analysis

https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/budget/predictions

 

ICAEW Analysis

https://www.icaew.com/technical/economy

 

EY analysis

https://www.ey.com/en_uk/budget

 

PWC

https://www.pwc.co.uk/services/economics/insights/uk-economic-outlook.html

 

Newspapers

BBC coverage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business

 

Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/budget

 

FT

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2022/09/20/what-advisers-can-expect-from-friday-s-mini-budget/

 

Submissions

British Chambers of Commerce

 https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news/2022/09/energy-support-for-business-a-clear-step-in-the-right-direction

NHS providers

https://nhsproviders.org/news-blogs/news/six-month-energy-bills-relief-welcome-but-future-protection-needed

 

BMA

https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/emergency-fiscal-statement-must-start-to-fix-nhs-pensions-crisis-bma-tells-chancellor

Shelter

https://twitter.com/Shelter/status/1572503172295589890

https://campaigns.shelter.org.uk/cost-living-crisis-protect-people-homelessness

 

Womens Budget Group

https://wbg.org.uk/media/press-releases/comment-a-one-off-energy-cap-is-not-enough/

https://wbg.org.uk/media/press-releases/energy-cost-announcement/

 

Russell Group

https://russellgroup.ac.uk/news/russell-group-urges-government-not-to-forget-students-in-cost-of-living-support/

 

CBI

https://www.cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/cbi-responds-to-business-energy-support-package-announcement/

Federation small Businesses

https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/energy-bill-support-welcome-but-small-firms-can-t-be-allowed-to-fall-through-the-cracks.html

https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/energy-price-pledge-must-be-a-lifeline-for-small-businesses.html

 TUC

https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/responding-cost-living-crisis-plan-action

IFS statements and analysis

Autumn statement budget october 2021 useful resources

Autumn Budget October 2021

 Live coverage on parliamentary TV channel

Transcripts will be made available later in the day on Hansard

LSE members can watch archived materials (since 1997) via the Box of Broadcasts

Read the full text papers on the UK Government website

 Office for Budget Responsibility will publish an accompanying economic outlook on its website. it also has an economic and fiscal outlook

The House of Commons Library also has a good background briefing. They also have some historic facts and figures giving a list of chancellors and lengths of speeches from 1968 onwards.

News reports

Budget 2021 - BBC News

Guardian

Independent 

FT

Analysis

More spending doesn’t mean there’s going to be more cash for everyone - Institute For Fiscal Studies - IFS

Deloitte

PWC

EY Club Budget

Grant Thornton

BDO

KPMG

Industry and think tank submissions to the Chancellor.

CBI

Institute Directors

Make UK manufacturers 

Federation of Small Businesses 

TUC

Shelter

National Housing Federation

Local Government Association

Health Foundation

Health and social care plans

an increase in National Insurance contributions (NICs) to pay for increased funding for health and social care.

Policy Paper Build Back Better: Our Plan for Health and Social Care

PM statement to the House of Commons on health and social care: 7 September 2021

UK Parliament research briefing August 2021- sets out background and key issues

Lords Library in focus paper 2nd September

IFS discussion- Pensioner families would provide ten times more of the revenue from an income tax rise than from a NICs rise

A caring tax rise? The impacts of a potential increase in National Insurance- resolution Foundation July 2021

 Hansard society discussion Health and Social care bill delegated powers

Kings fund blog - Fixing social care is not all about a cap on costs.
The Health and Care Bill: six key questions

A new deal for Social Care: A new deal for the workforce TUC proposals

Social care Funding Gap- Health Foundation

How to fund social care - Nuffield Trust July 2021

newspapers

Raising national insurance to fund social care is fraught with political risk- Guardian

Reaction

Labour Party

Libdem party

Green Party

Institute of Directors
Press release

Federation of Small Businesses
More criticism

British Chambers of Commerce

London Councils

TUC

GMB Union

UNISON

AgeUk 2nd September

Launch of Campaign

Nuffield Trust

Local Government Association - Future of Social care funding

CHPI Think tank

Foreign aid cuts - get some facts on humanitarian aid

This week there have been proposed cuts to the UK aid budget

For come background see these great House of Commons Library briefings

The 0.7 percent aid target – Commons Library briefing paper
Reducing the UK’s aid spending in 2021 – Commons Library briefing paper

Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2020

OECD has data comparing foreign aid in different OECD nations

this report compares changes in2020 as a result of the pandemic see which other nations have increased or reduced aid

Guardian news coverage of potential cuts

IFS briefing note on cuts - April 2021

ODI podcast on budget cuts

Oxfam reaction

Reliefweb

BOND - organisations

Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Why does web accessibility matter?
Version 1.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) launched on May 6, 1999. Recently AbilityNet reviewed them and what remains to be done.


The Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) Accessibility Maturity Model, created by AbilityNet and McNaught Consultancy, enables you to judge the maturity of your organisation's digital accessibility. He also recently produced a 4 part blog on how to get the maturity to evolve and develop at an organisation.


Some systems have built in tools you can use

Google Features
Microsoft


Useful websites for free training guides and webinars

JISC accessibility and inclusion guide  for post secondary education

Daisy Consortium guide to inclusive publishing

Daisy Consortium videos via youtube


AbilityNet webinars
How to promote digital accessibility great advice from University of Derby - is a good one

Freedom of speech on campus May 2021- useful links and comments

government’s Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill will be introduced in parliaent this week

Introduction in the Queen's speech 2021

UK government

Bill

UK government policy paper feb 2021

House of commons library briefing march 2021

Equality and Human Rights commission guidance

Wonkhe analysis proposals 16/02

Free Speech and Censorship on Campus Corey Stoughton-  HEPI paper 2019

Conversation  blog - discuss 

Independent coverage

Times higher coverage

UCU response to Queens speech

Russell Group response.    Previous statement on free speech April 2021

UUK