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Flags: the Union Flag and Flags of the United Kingdom

Tuesday, 01 June, 2021

Flags, national and other, have an ongoing cultural significance. The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Flying of flags is not the subject of statute law in England, Wales or Scotland. Advice is issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on flying of flags on government buildings, apart from those which are the responsibility of a devolved administration. This was recently updated so that the Union flag will normally be flown every day. In Northern Ireland there is legislation on flag flying.
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Coronavirus: UK support to the Overseas Territories

Tuesday, 01 June, 2021

What support has the UK Government provided to the Overseas Territories to help them respond to the Covid-19 pandemic?
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Employment by Country of Birth and Nationality

Tuesday, 01 June, 2021

This Commons Library briefing paper analyses data on employment in the UK by country of birth and nationality. The briefing compares data from 1997 to 2021 and explains how figures for employment by nationality can differ to those for employment by country of birth.
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- Work and incomes
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Coronavirus: Legacy benefits and the Universal Credit ‘uplift’

Friday, 28 May, 2021

This paper outlines the debate around the Government's policy to increase Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit payments, but not payments of DWP means-tested legacy benefits for people of working age, during the coronavirus pandemic.
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PCC Elections 2021

Friday, 28 May, 2021

On Thursday 6 May 2021 the third elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) took place in 39 PCC areas in England and Wales.
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Reactions to the New Plan for Immigration: updated reading list

Thursday, 27 May, 2021

Reactions to the New Plan for Immigration: updated reading list
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UK-EU TCA: professional qualifications

Thursday, 27 May, 2021

This briefing explains what has changed for UK qualified professionals who seek to practice in the EU market and vice versa. It summarises the provisions in the Agreement under which the UK and EU can come to sector-by-sector mutual recognition arrangements in the future.
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Government borrowing, debt and debt interest: statistics

Thursday, 27 May, 2021

A statistical briefing providing data on public sector borrowing (the budget deficit), public sector debt and government's debt interest payments.
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Green Homes Grant

Wednesday, 26 May, 2021

This briefing paper summarises the Green Homes Grant Scheme that was open from September 2020 to March 2021. The paper covers details of the scheme, commentary on the scheme, its closure, and possible next steps.
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- Energy
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Oxbridge ‘elitism’

Tuesday, 25 May, 2021

For the last two decades both Oxford and Cambridge have taken more than half of their entrants from state schools. The latest rates are 67% for Oxford and 68% for Cambridge, or somewhat higher if overseas students at UK schools are excluded. These rates have generally increased over the past few decades, with particularly large increase in the last two years, but the historical data shows that progress has been slow. At the end of the 1920s around 20% of entrants to both universities started their education at a state school. In the late 1930s there rates were 24% at Oxford and 19% at Cambridge started their education at a state school. By the early 1950s these rates had increased to 43% and 34% respectively. In the early 1960s 34% of students at Oxford and 27% at Cambridge came from state secondary schools
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Combined authority mayoral elections 2021

Tuesday, 25 May, 2021

Seven combined authority areas held mayoral elections in May 2021. This briefing shows who won and analyses data on vote share, turnout and candidates.
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The UK competition regime

Tuesday, 25 May, 2021

This note describes how competition law works in the UK. It considers past and proposed reforms, the implications of Brexit and competition in digital markets.
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Race and Ethnic Disparities

Monday, 24 May, 2021

This Commons Library briefing paper discusses the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and provides related statistical and policy analysis.
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London Elections 2021

Friday, 21 May, 2021

Elections for the London Mayor and London Assembly were held on 6 May 2021. The Labour Party candidate Sadiq Khan was elected as Mayor of London. Labour won 11 of the 25 seats in the London Assembly, the Conservatives 9, the Green Party3 seats and the Liberal Democrats 2. Turnout in the mayoral election was 40.9%.
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Brexit: UK consumer protection law

Friday, 21 May, 2021

This Commons briefing paper considers some of the implications of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU for selected areas of consumer protection law.

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