It’s Budget Day again! Let’s see what delights the Government have in store for us.
For additional commentary on the Budget.
BBC News Special Report: Budget 2011
The Guardian news coverage of the Budget
Budgets from the Archive
BBC News coverage of previous Budgets
And just in case you’re interested…
BBC News Profile of the Chancellor, George Osborne
This is not really government publications, but for those of you who are interested in politics (or for those political cynics among you!), I thought it was a resource worth highlighting. tweetguv analyses the twittering of our politicians in order to show how close to (or far from) the official party line they are.
“Politicians are perhaps the least trusted people in society. With allegations of ever-changing policies, broken manifesto promises and of course, the expenses scandal, tweetGuv aims to answer the question on the mind of every conscientious voter – can I trust politicians?
With MPs and PPCs turning to Twitter in an attempt to improve their election prospects, tweetGuv builds a profile of each politician based on their tweets. Using automated, sophisticated analysis, the contents of each tweet are compared to the ideals of each party. Our triangle of allegiance, word clouds and graphs help you discover how in line politicians are with their party’s official line.”
This document was published May 2010.
Following the General Election and the ‘hung parliament’, Britain emerges with a coalition government, the first in 70 years. This document sets out the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition’s programme for government.
You can also read the the full version of the Coalition Agreement on the Conservative Party website.
The BBC website examines the Coalition’s policy plans and assesses how much influence the Liberal Democrats have had on the programme.
Image taken from www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Number10.gov.uk is the official site of the Prime Minister’s Office. You can read about the latest ministerial appointments, and view photos/videos recording the recent dramatic changes to the British government. The site also gives you access to press briefings and notices, speech transcripts, and Prime Minister’s Questions. All intended to keep the British public in the loop!
Image taken from Flickr
