Budget 2011
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne, made his Budget Statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday 23 March 2011 at 12.30pm.
You can find the full budget documents on the Treasury website as well as the Rt Hon George Osborne's Budget statement.
You can also view a video of the Budget Statement being made on the Parliament website.
Your views on the budget
We'd interested to hear your initial impressions of the budget and what you think the impact will be on your your organisation and services.
Email your comments to sharonr@sitra.org and we'll post them on the website or send us a tweet.
Resources
National Housing Federation's Budget response
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) press release
Local Government Association's briefing
The Guardian's Budget coverage
Budget 2011: live coverage - on Andrew Sparrow's Guardian Politic's Live blog
Institute of Fiscal Studies analysis and briefing
Find out what the 2011 Budget announces for your part of the country on the HM Treasury website
A reminder of the key announcement’s in October’s Comprehensive Spending Review and related resources can be found on our Spending Review page.
Sitra training
We have introduced a number of courses that will help you and your services and your organisation to cope with the cuts and the quest to achieve ongoing efficiencies. They include:
Welfare benefits
Welfare benefits and tax credits: refresher
Leadership, management and enterprise
Collaboration and partnerships
Horizon scanning with Sitra (half day) - NEW
Managing and recruiting volunteers (half day) - NEW
Service users as volunteers (half day) - NEW
Tendering for services: prepare and present successful tenders (2 days)
We can offer these courses, and many others, as inhouse training.
