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Political Analysis

Analysis of The King's Speech [November 2023]

Analysis of The Queen's Speech [May 2022]

Analysis of The Queen's Speech [May 2021]

Heritage & the 2019 General Election [2019]

Analysis of 2019 Political Party Manifestos [December 2019]

Analysis of the Queen’s Speech [December 2019]

2019 Manifesto Analysis [2019]

Funding & Investment

Spring Budget Analysis [March 2024]

Autumn Budget Analysis [November 2023]

Spring Budget Analysis [March 2023]

UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) Summary [May 2022]

Autumn Budget & Spending Review [Oct 2021]

Budget Representation [2021]

Budget Summary [2021]

Spending Review [November 2020]

Backing the Bedrock - Five Heritage Fiscal & Funding Priorities [2020]

UK Internal Market White Paper [2020]

Chancellors Statement [July 2020]

Chancellors Announcement [March 2020]

Budget Representation [2020]

Budget Summary [2020]

Backing the Bedrock - Five Heritage Fiscal & Funding Priorities [2019]

Society Lotteries Consultation [September 2018]

Heritage Lottery Fund Policy Directions Consultation response [July 2018]

DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates [March 2018]

Heritage Lottery Fund Consultation [March 2018]

Budget Summary [2018]

Local Government Finance Settlement Technical Consultation [October 2017]

Accessibility action plan [November 2017]

Autumn Budget [2017]

Supplementary Briefing: Heritage Lottery Fund [2014]

Environment & Climate Change

Response to EFRA Committee Urban Green Spaces Inquiry [October 2023]

Response to DEFRA Protecting Hedgerows Consultation [September 2023]

DLUHC Environmental Outcomes Reports Response [2023]

Government Response to the Glover Review of Protected Landscapes [April 2022]

Sustainability of the Built Environment [May 2021]

The Environment Bill & Heritage - House of Lords Briefing [June 2021]

Joint Statement on Tackling Climate Change [June 2020]

House of Commons Second Reading Briefing on the Environment Bill – The Exclusion of Heritage [February 2020]

The Agriculture Bill: Ensuring it works for both the historic and natural environments [January 2020]

Delivering the 25-Year Environment Plan for the historic and natural environments: The Environment Bill [January 2019]

Response to the EFRA Committee on the Environment Bill [October 2019]

Environment Bill 2nd Reading – Briefing on the Exclusion of the Historic Environment [October 2019]

The Contribution of Gardens to UK’s Economy and Tourism [May 2019]

Improving our Management of Water in the Environment [March 2019]

Conservation Covenants [March 2019]

Improving our Management of Water in the Environment, [March 2019]

Scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill inquiry [January 2019]

The 25-year environment plan – measuring progress [January 2019]

The 25-Year Environment Plan: Ensuring it works for both the historic and natural environments [2018]

Environmental principles and governance after the UK leaves the EU [August 2018]

Health & harmony – the future for food, farming, and the environment [May 2018]

Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry: 25-Year Environment Plan [February 2018]

Response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee inquiry on energy efficiency [2018]

Rural heritage under threat: looking after our landscapes post Brexit [July 2017]

Supplementary Briefing: Climate Change Mitigation [2014]

Supplementary Briefing: Historic Environment Records [2014]

Planning & Housing

DLUHC Permitted Development Consultation Response [September 2023]

Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill - Lords Briefing [February 2023]

National Planning Policy consultation - Our Summary [January 2023]

Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill - Committee Stage Briefing [June 2022]

Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill - Briefing [May 2022]

Levelling Up White Paper - Summary [February 2022]

Right to Regenerate: reform of the Right to Contest [March 2021]

National Planning Policy Framework & National Model Design Code [March 2021]

Planning for the Future - White Paper Summary [August 2020]

Planning: Our Summary of Recent Changes [July 2020]

Planning for the Future – Summary [March 2020]

Building Better, Building Beautiful (interim report) – call for evidence [October 2019]

MHCLG consultation: Planning reform: supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes [January 2019]

Comments on Proposed Revisions to the Section of the National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) on the Historic Environment [January 2019]

Comments on proposed revisions to the section of the national planning practice guidance on the historic environment [2019]

Consultation: Powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments [2018]

Improving the use of planning conditions [February 2018]

Draft revised National Planning Policy Framework consultation – Heritage Alliance response [2018]

NPPF Red-line exercise [August 2018]

Planning Appeal Inquiries Review – call for evidence questionnaire [September 2018]

Advice on the maintenance and adaptation of traditional farm buildings [March 2017]

Improving the home buying and selling process [November 2017]

Raynsford Review of Planning [October 2017]

Housing White Paper [April 2017]

Culture & Creative Industries

Response to DCMS Consultation on British Film and High-End Television [October 2023]

Inspiring Creativity, Heritage & The Creative Industries [Insight Report, September 2019]

Volunteering & Civil Society

Response to Government Civil Society Strategy [September 2018]

Loneliness Strategy Response [July 2018]

Ageing Society Grand Challenge Response [July 2018]

Social impact of participation in culture and sport [February 2018]

Modern Industrial Strategy and the heritage sector [January 2017]

Full Time Social Action Review [October 2017]

Children & Education

Response to DLUHC Consultation on Children, Young People, and the Built Environment [December 2023]

Taxation

Review of Business Rates, Part 2 [November 2020]

Review of business Rates, Part 1 [September 2020]

The impact of business rates on businesses [April 2019]

Charity Tax Commission Review of Charitable Tax Relief [2018]

Treasury Committee VAT inquiry [2018]

Response to OTS on the Simplification reform of VAT rates [July 2017]

Response to European Commission Public consultation on the reform of VAT rates [2017]

Discretionary business rates relief scheme [March 2017]

Immigration & International Contexts

Brexit

Brexit Hub (Google Doc) [2020]

Heritage in the context of Britain’s Future Relationship with the EU [2020]

Brexit White paper Summary and MAC Recommendations [2018]

Marine Heritage

Fisheries Bill Briefing 2020 [February 2020]

Fisheries Bill – House of Commons Public Bill Committee [2018]

Heritage in the Marine Environment and response to the Fisheries White Paper [September 2018]

Call for Evidence: Report to Parliament about Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities’ (IFCAs) conduct and operation [August 2018]

Marine Conservation Zones Consultation [July 2018]

Response to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee: Fisheries Bill, [December 2018]

Mobile Heritage

Heritage Rail APPG Policy Brief [April 2023]

Call for Evidence: Brake, Tyre and Road Surface Wear [August 2018]

Response to DEFRA’s consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood [August 2018]

Aviation Strategy [October 2017]

COVID-19

Response to DCMS Consultation on the Impact of Covid-19 on the Heritage Sector [July 2020]

Summary of the Chancellor’s Statement on COVID-19 [July 2020]

A Letter to the Telegraph Newspaper from the Heritage Sector [July 2020]

New COVID-19 Guidelines for Heritage [June 2020]

Summary of UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy [May 2020]

Joint Heritage Secetor Statement – COVID-19 [March 2020]

The Heritage Alliance COVID-19 Guidance Hub [March 2020] (Google Doc)

General and Miscellaneous

Heritage Careers Guide 2023-2024

UKSPF Pre-Launch Guidance [Feb 2022]

Indepdent Review of DMOs Response [April 2021]

Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [October 2017]

Joint Statement for Anti-Racism in UK Heritage [June 2020]

Historic England Industrial Heritage Strategy [June 2021]

Key Asks – Securing the Long-Term Future of the Heritage Sector [June 2020]

Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe [2015] [Webpage]