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In the 2012 Budget the Government announced proposals to introduce a new scheme, to be introduced from April 2013, to allow charities to claim additional payments on small donations - equivalent to the way they may claim tax relief on donations made under Gift Aid. This note gives some background to the scheme and the changes that have been made to it since it was introduced.
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The Defence Secretary announced three Offshore Patrol Vessels will be retained in service for at least two more years “to bolster the UK’s ability to protect our fishing fleet” as the UK exits the EU.
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This Commons Library briefing paper considers the issue of memorial (headstone) safety and action to address the risk of accidents caused by unstable memorials in cemeteries
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This Insight will look at what General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Article XXIV says and what this means for any future trade relationship between the UK and the EU.
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A briefing on the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2019-20 for England.
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This House of Commons briefing paper answers frequently asked questions on student loan interest rates.
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This tool allows you to view collected homelessness statistics for individual local authorities in England.
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How MPs voted on the amendments and what the final resolution means for wider negotiations with the EU and Parliament’s role between now and exit day.
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The economic outlook for 2019 remains dependent on Brexit developments, most notably whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a withdrawal agreement.
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Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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This House of Commons Library Briefing paper provides information on the Government's draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill, including background information, analysis of the draft Bill and related commentary, and Parliamentary scrutiny.
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What is ‘the Malthouse Compromise’, and how would it work?
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Sajid Javid has announced a new ‘European Temporary Leave to Remain in the UK’ as part of the Government’s no-deal Brexit planning.
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The suspension of nuclear projects, combined with policies limiting renewables, suggests the possibility of a low-carbon energy gap in the 2030s.
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The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] would create a framework to enable law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to apply to a UK court for an ‘overseas production order’ requiring a person (in practice, generally a communications service provider or ‘CSP’) in a foreign jurisdiction to produce or grant access to electronic data for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting serious crime. An application would only be granted if the judge was satisfied that the data was likely to be of substantial value to the criminal proceedings or investigations for which it was sought, and that it would be in the public interest.
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