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The current economic and political situation is affecting many of us in lots of different ways. FCDL has identified different websites, with information that you might find useful. Please see below a list of resources.

The Voluntary Sector Cuts

Voluntary Sector Cuts is a new collaborative project which maps intelligence about voluntary groups experiencing reductions in public sector funding.

http://voluntarysectorcuts.org.uk/

Urban Forum

Has produced a quick guide to the spending cuts.

http://www.urbanforum.org.uk/briefings/quick-guide-to-the-spending-review

BBC

Has produced information about the Spending Review: in graphics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11595551

False Economy

False Economy is for everyone concerned about the impact of the government’s spending cuts on their community, their family or their job

http://falseeconomy.org.uk/

National Coalition for Independent Action

The Coalition is an alliance of organisations and individuals who have come together out of frustration and anger to object to the state of UK Voluntary and Community Sectors.

http://www.independentaction.net/

nef (the new economics foundation)

nef (the new economics foundation) is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being.

http://www.neweconomics.org/press-releases/spending-cuts-will-break-big-society-warns-nef

Resources in Yorkshire and the Humber

http://www.yhcdn.net/campaining-the-cuts

Resources in the South East

http://www.cdse.org.uk/

Articles:

Deficit crisis: let's really be in it together: A one-off tax of the rich has strong public support and would solve the UK's economic crisis at a stroke http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/15/deficit-crisis-tax-the-rich

Also here is the Daily Politics show on the wealth tax which he did with Yvette Cooper and Grant Shapps, the housing minister, which the BBC news put it on its website:

Videos:

A one-off tax on the rich in Britain should save the need for planned cuts in the economy, says Greg Philo, research director of Glasgow University Media Unit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11311430