This briefing outlines the student finance available to undergraduate higher education students in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. It also covers recent policy debates about the student support system in each nation.
A summary of the announcements in the Chancellor's September 2022 fiscal statement and links to analysis and further reading.
Latest data on government net borrowing and net debt.
Research Briefing
This briefing sets out the background to the Chancellor’s fiscal statement, which is expected on 23 September 2022.
Research Briefing
How is armed forces pay decided? This briefing explains the process, discusses recent pay increases and the planned review of pay.
Research Briefing
This briefing provides background to the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill.
Research Briefing
One of the ways in which the Government achieves its goals is to buy goods and services. This is called procurement, and covers a wide range of things, from the purchase of printer paper to commissioning social care. This is a short guide to the main sources of procurement statistics for the UK, with headline figures.
Research Briefing
Since the 1990s UK governments have adopted targets to guide their management of the public finances. Here we look at the UK's fiscal targets, or fiscal rules, and the Treasury's wider policy for managing the public finances.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at how the Barnett formula works and includes a brief summary of the debate surrounding the formula.
Debate Pack
An Estimates Day debate spending of the office of the Secretary of State for Wales on measures to support the Welsh economy, and its consequences for funding the devolved institutions will take place in the House of Commons Chamber on Tuesday 5 July 2022.
Debate Pack
An Estimates Day debate spending of the office of the Secretary of State for Wales on measures to support the Welsh economy, and its consequences for funding the devolved institutions will take place in the House of Commons Chamber on Tuesday 5 July 2022.
Debate Pack
There will be a debate on estimates relating to the department for Education in the House of Commons chamber on 6 July 2022. This debate will be led by Robert Halfon MP.
Debate Pack
The debate on 6 July will focus on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spending and the new international development strategy, published in May 2022.
Research Briefing
This briefing summarises 2022/23’s Main Estimates, the way in which Parliament approves the Government’s spending plans for the year.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper provides information on the Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill 2022-23, introduced in the House of Commons on 15 June 2022.
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