2026 March 11

The Government extended the parliamentary session to Spring 2026. This had been announced in Parliament in September 2025. Therefore this is the second Finance Bill of the 2024-26 session. On 11 March 2026, the Bill was debated in the House of Commons. There were three votes:  New Clause 11, which would require the Chancellor to

I attended the Libraries Alliance event on 11 March 2026 which brought together a wide ranging group of people who support our Libraries both local and national and as a networking event.   Richard Ovenden who is Bodley’s Librarian at the University of Oxford gave a speech and highlighted the importance of Libraries. He said there