Research Briefing
Rating in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland does not have a system of council tax but has retained a rating system which, until recently, had remained broadly unchanged for a century and a half.
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Research Briefing
The Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill [Bill 62 2006-07]
This Research Paper sets out the background to the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2006-07.
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Research Briefing
The Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 06-07
This note sets out the background to the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2006-07.
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Research Briefing
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill (Bill 16 2006-07)
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Bill 16 2006-07. House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/01
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Research Briefing
Greater London Authority Bill (Bill 11 of 2006-07)
The Greater London Authority Bill (Bill 11 2006-07). House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/60
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Research Briefing
Greater London Authority Bill Parts 7 and 8 – Planning and Environmental Functions (Bill 11 of 2006-07)
The Greater London Authority Bill Parts 7 and 8-Planning and Environmental Functions (Bill 11 2006-07). House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/61
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Research Briefing
Local election 2006
Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26.
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Research Briefing
Freedom of Information, data protection and papers of a previous administration
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 has now been in force from January 2005. This Standard Note examines the interaction between data protection with particular reference to the position of officials and the papers of a previous administration.
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Research Briefing
Power to the People: the report of Power, an Independent Inquiry into Britain’s Democracy.
The Power Inquiry was established and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust to investigate why there has been a decline in participation in formal politics and to make proposals to reverse this trend. The report of the Power Inquiry was published on 27 February 2006.
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Research Briefing
The Lyons and Gershon Reviews and variations in Civil Service conditions
Organisational changes to the Civil Service over the past thirty years have meant that the majority of civil servants now work in Departments and Executive Agencies in which the responsibility for pay and conditions are decided locally. Uniform pay structures and conditions of service have been significantly eroded. The Government have launched major reviews into the operation of the civil service and these include the Lyons and Gershon Reviews.
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Research Briefing
Local and Mayoral elections 2005
Local and Mayoral elections 2005. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/93
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Research Briefing
Public Service Agreements
This note offers a brief summary of the history and purpose of Public Service Agreements, introduced in 1998 as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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