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Debate Pack
The Paradise Papers
On Tuesday 14 November the House is scheduled to debate the 'Paradise Papers', a large tranche of material gathered by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, leaked from two offshore service providers and 19 tax havens' company registries. Details of the financial holdings of both wealthy individuals and multinational enterprises has been reported by the BBC, the Guardian, and other media organisations that are part of the consortium, reiterating public concerns as to the scale of tax avoidance and evasion, and the ability of offshore jurisdictions to facilitate these activities. This note gives some background on this issue.
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Research Briefing
Importance of trade with the EU for UK industries
This briefing paper looks at the importance of trade with the EU for the sectors and industries of the UK economy. Industries that are highly integrated into the European Single Market face higher risks from Brexit, if Brexit makes trade with the EU more difficult.
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Research Briefing
Economic update: consumers under pressure
There are signs of weakness in the UK’s economic performance. In our last economic update, we observed inflation rising quicker than earnings, a decrease in productivity and a slight downward revision in economic growth for the first quarter of 2017. To this picture, we can now add rising household debt. But there’s also material for
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, July 2017
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2017: Background briefing
The briefing sets out the background to Spring Budget 2017 which will take place on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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Research Briefing
Business rates and local growth: Where’s the link?
Since 2013, the business rates retention scheme has let local authorities retain 50% of the tax they collect on commercial properties like shops, offices and factories. In 2015, the Government went further and announced plans to pass 100% of business rate revenue to local authorities within this Parliament. The Government hopes that ‘the rates retention
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