Elections and electoral administration: developments since 2010

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The Budget and the annual Finance Bill

This paper discusses the way that Parliament scrutinises the Government's proposals for taxation, set out in the annual Budget statement. It looks at how this procedure may be affected by the timing of a General Election, and the decision in 2017 to move the Budget from the Spring to the Autumn. It also provides some suggestions for further reading.
- Elections
- Tax
Recall elections

Recall is used to describe a process where the electorate in an area can trigger a special election to remove an elected representative before the end of their term. A recall procedure was introduced in the UK in 2015. It only applies to Members of Parliament.
- Elections
- Parliament
Televised debates between party leaders

This note sets out the background to the debate about televised debates between party leaders during a general election campaign.