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Cities, towns and villages: Trends and inequalities
Our new city/town classification of constituencies and local authorities can help understand differences, trends and inequalities across Great Britain.
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Yemen: The attack on al-Hodeida
Aid agencies warn that many Yemenis’ welfare hangs by a thread and with the attack on al-Hodeida that thread could break.
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Grieve 2: an amendable motion?
If adopted, ‘Grieve 2’ would provide a statutory guarantee that the Commons can debate, amend and vote upon a motion on the Government’s Brexit policy, if the Commons either rejected the agreements, or talks with the EU fail to produce any agreements.
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EU (Withdrawal) Bill: Where are we now on the ‘meaningful vote’?
The Grieve amendment, the Government’s amendment in lieu and the original Lords Amendment 19 - how do they differ and what is going on?
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What can artificial intelligence reveal about Brexit?
How well can artificial intelligence understand language? We let a deep learning algorithm loose on millions of words found in Hansard from Brexit-related debates in the House of Commons. What did it find?
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Finances, footballers and fertility rates: The World Cup of statistics
From Costa Rica's proportion of women MPs, to South Korea's 276 ATMs, we have the World Cup stats you won't have thought of.
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Last chance for compromise? Devolution and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
Among the amendments being considered by the Commons in the EUW Bill is the UK Government’s new proposal for how retained EU law should interact with the devolution settlements. There are some outstanding areas of disagreement about the devolution provisions – this post looks at the details.
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Economic update: Spring rebound after winter blues
Examines economic indicators for April and May. Economic activity looks set to have rebounded in the second quarter this year, but the bigger picture remains one of modest growth
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Parliament’s right to a meaningful vote: Amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
Will the Commons accept or reject the Lords’ meaningful vote amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill? Or will the Commons accept the Government’s ‘amendment in lieu’? We look at these constitutionally unprecedented proposals.
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The Fair Funding Review: What does it mean for local government?
How will the review be critically important for councils’ long-term funding post-2020?
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Royal Navy: A return to the Far East?
In an 'unprecedented' move, the UK is sending three warships to Asia-Pacific in 2018, the first time in five years that a Royal Navy warship has travelled to the Far East.
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Making sense of the impending US-North Korea summit
Will they or won't they? As the summit date approaches we examine what could be in store for USA and DPRK relations
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Iran nuclear deal: what next?
Donald Trump announced on 8 May that the US was withdrawing from the nuclear deal agreed by China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK and the US in 2015. What happens now?
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