Economy

To support the self-employed through the coronavirus outbreak the Government has introduced the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).

This briefing has been prepared as background to the Second Reading of the Taxation (Post-Transition Period) Bill 2019-21 on 9 December 2020.

The UK Internal Market Bill 2019-21 will return to the House of Commons for consideration of Lords amendments on 7 December. This paper explains the central issues and the reasons for the amendments.

A debate will be held in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 9 December 2020 about the NAO Report on Investigation into government procurement during the covid-19 pandemic, led by Dan Carden MP. This House of Commons Library information page has been prepared ahead of the debate.

This note gives some key statistics on UK-Commonwealth trade.

This note analyses public sector employment by Parliamentary constituency.

This Commons Library Briefing Paper discusses public sector pay policy and the pay freeze announced in Spending Review 2020. It also looks at past public sector pay policy and trends in public sector pay.

This is a reading list of publications on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and future UK-EU relations from library, research services and committees of the UK and devolved parliaments and assemblies.

This note aims to answer some FAQs related to the budget deficit.

There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the Government's levelling-up agenda and post covid-19 economic recovery in North Staffordshire Potteries Towns on Tuesday 1st December at 2:30 pm. Jack Brereton MP will open the debate

A summary of the 2020 Spending Review, and what this means for the economy and public finances over the next few years.

This is a purely statistical note on public sector borrowing (the budget deficit), public sector debt and government debt interest payments.

For the first time since 2013, the UK will not meet the UN recommended target of spending 0.7 percent of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance.

14% of businesses had no or low confidence they would survive the next three months.

This briefing paper provides details of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement - a free trade agreement.