Insight
What is the Parliamentary Oath?
If an MP tries to take part in Commons business without having taken the Parliamentary Oath, they can be fined and it can trigger a by-election.
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Insight
What happens in the Commons after the general election?
After a general election, MPs must elect a Speaker and then swear in. After the King’s Speech opens the parliamentary session, Commons business can begin.
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Insight
2024 general election: What happens when the polls close?
The Library will be publishing verified results around a week after the 2024 general election. This Insight explains how votes are counted and results declared.
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Research Briefing
Local government finances
Local authorities in England spent £113.5 billion in 2022/23. This briefing looks at the funding that local authorities receive from central government, and where and how they spend it.
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Research Briefing
Introduction to devolution in the United Kingdom
An introduction to the devolution settlements in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London and parts of England.
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Research Briefing
Ministers in the House of Lords
Cabinet Ministers are sometimes members of the House of Lords. This paper sets out recent examples and considers the accountability arrangements for Cabinet Ministers in the Lords. It also looks at the appointment of ‘outside’ ministerial appointments.
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Research Briefing
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
The Ombudsman investigates complaints about local councils, care homes and some other organisations providing local public services in England
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Research Briefing
Council tax: empty properties
A briefing paper explaining how council tax is applied to empty properties in England, Scotland and Wales, including the 'empty homes premium'.
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland devolution: Safeguarding the Union
A briefing paper on the UK Government's Safeguarding the Union deal to restore power-sharing institutions in Northern Ireland
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Debate Pack
E-petition debate relating to a public inquiry into the James Bulger murder case
There will be an e-petition debate relating to a public inquiry into the James Bulger murder case. The Petitions Committee has agreed to debate the petition on 25 March 2024. The debate will be held in Westminster Hall and will be opened by Sir George Howarth MP, on behalf of the Petitions Committee.
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Research Briefing
Plastic waste
A briefing on plastic waste in the UK including legislation, statistics, government policies and proposals for change.
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Research Briefing
The 2024 metro-mayor elections
Metro-mayors are directly elected mayors who oversee ‘mayoral combined authorities’. This briefing looks at their role, funding and powers ahead of elections on 2 May 2024.
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Research Briefing
Regional Cabinet meetings of the UK Government
Cabinet meetings held away from Downing Street.
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Constituency casework
How do I challenge my business rates bill in England?
How business rates bills in England are calculated and how ratepayers can challenge them.
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Research Briefing
Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023
Parliamentary consdideration of the Biill that became the Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023, which made minor amendments to business rates legislation and introduced three-yearly instead of five-yearly revaluations
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