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What might Iran’s new president mean for foreign policy?
Iranians elected a new president in June. Will this create an opening for talks over Iran’s nuclear programme or additional backing for Russia?
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Public spending: What’s unusual about this year’s Main Estimates?
Parliament will have less opportunity to scrutinise this year’s Main Estimates for government departments’ spending, although this often happens after elections.
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What is the Global South?
The ‘Global South’ has become a widely used term in discussions of international politics and diplomacy, but not everyone thinks it is a helpful term.
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Biodiversity loss: The UK’s international obligations
UK progress towards many of its biodiversity targets has been slow, with reducing pollution and restoring degraded ecosystems proving especially difficult.
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How are life peers created?
Most members of the House of Lords are life peers, rather than hereditary peers or Lords Spiritual. What is the process for creating new life peerages?
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How is a Speaker elected?
Business cannot begin in the House of Commons until it has elected one of its MPs to be Speaker – its presiding officer.
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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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Who stood in the 2024 general election?
Over one thousand more parliamentary candidates stood in 2024 than in 2019, with most constituencies having six or seven candidates.
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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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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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An introduction to the UK tax gap
HMRC estimates that 4.8% of tax owed was not paid in 2021/22, making a ‘tax gap’ of £35.8 billion. It estimates 45% of this was due to error or carelessness.
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Constituency boundary review: Data for new constituencies
Get demographic data for the new constituency boundaries and find out when more data might become available.
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New approaches to farm funding in England
New funding schemes aim to balance food production with protecting the environment, and are expected to be fully rolled out by 2027.
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Economic update: Inflation falls as the election campaign begins
Consumer prices inflation fell to 2.3% in April, but the Bank of England kept interest rates at 5.25% in May and other economic news remains mixed.
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Timetable for the 2024 general election
In the 25 working days before the general election on 4 July 2024, there are key dates for nominating candidates and registering to vote.
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