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This Briefing Paper was prepared for the second reading of the Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill 2017-19 on Monday 11 February 2019. It was updated after Committee Stage on 26 February 2019.
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2019/20 is the final year of the four-year freeze, which keeps most working-age benefits and tax credits at their 2015/16 cash values. Non-frozen benefits, mainly those aimed at disabled people and carers, rise in line with CPI inflation (+2.4%). The triple lock delivers a 2.6% increase to the new State Pension (£168.60 in 2019/20) and the Basic State Pension (£129.20).
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Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
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The Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
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In January 2019 the US and the Taliban reached a basic agreement after direct talks, but was it really a breakthrough?
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This paper outlines the commemorations planned to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, which falls on 6 June 2019.
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Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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This House of Commons briefing paper discusses the post-18 education and student finance review and gives an outline of the post- 18 funding system in England. It suggests possible options for reform that the Review may propose, such as the lowering of higher education tuition fees and analyses the impact of these proposals.
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This note has been prepared for the debate in the House of Commons on Thursday 21 February 2019.
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This briefing looks at the most recent set of the Government's spending plans, the Supplementary Estimates 2018/19, and provides both a summary of their contents and context to help understand them.
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This paper sets out the rights of utility companies and others to undertake street works and the powers available to street authorities to manage and mitigate those works.
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This paper describes the governance and funding framework in which local authorities in England maintain and repair the local road network.
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Yvette Cooper presented a Private Member's bill, the European Union (No. 4) Bill 2017-19, on Wednesday 13 February 2019. The Bill would create a legal mechanism whereby the House of Commons can instruct the Prime Minister to ask the European Council for an extension to Article 50 in the absence of an approval resolution for an exit deal from the EU.
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This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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Concerns about the impact of aviation on carbon emissions lead the Labour Government to review air passenger duty (APD) in 2008. A number of changes were made to the structure of the tax from November 2009. This historical note discusses this reform.
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