26 March 2025
Responding to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, NPC Policy Manager James Somerville said:
‘Today’s Spring Statement paints a mixed picture for the people that charities support. Positive forecasts for economic growth and real household disposable income, and falling inflation, are coupled with sluggish short-term growth and freezes to Universal Credit.
Promising predictions will not ease the pressures on people who are struggling today, and Government should leverage the expertise and capital of the impact sector to help the people and communities that need support. The increasingly urgent need for a joint plan between government, civil society, and funders to make this a reality is underlined by today’s Statement.’
