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This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the RAF's current and future combat aircraft fleet, the UK aerospace industry and prospects for international collaboration ahead of the publication of the Combat Air Strategy.
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This briefing paper contains detailed results and analysis of the 2018 Local Elections, held on 3 May. It provides election results by party & local authority, as well as analysis of estimated national equivalent vote share, party affiliation of councillors, historic council control, and more.
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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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This briefing discusses Parliament's approval of the Government's spending plans. It includes a summary of each government department's spending plans for 2018/19.
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In the Autumn Budget 2017 the Government announced that it would introduce an income tax and NICs exemption for certain allowances paid to Armed Forces personnel for renting or maintaining accommodation in the UK private market. Provision to this effect was included in the Finance Bill published after the Budget, and now forms section 8 of Finance Act 2018.
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This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on constituency level statistics.
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Finance Bill 2016 includes provision - specifically clause 7 of the Bill - to ensure that if there is a specific statutory provision for calculating the tax charge on a benefit-in-kind this must be used. This note explains the purpose of this clause.
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The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations SI 2018/120 were laid on 1 February, and came into force from 6 April 2018.
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On 9 May 2018 there will be a debate in the main chamber on a motion relating to The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 No. 443.
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Economic summaries for April 2018 inevitably focus on the GDP figures published at the end of the month, showing economic growth at its lowest level for five years. There were more positive economic developments throughout the month that have been overshadowed by the GDP data though. Inflation continues to fall, and is now at a
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In December 2017, four years into a ruinous and brutal civil war, key parties to the conflict in South Sudan recommitted themselves to implementing an August 2015 peace deal, and agreed a ceasefire. Although many ceasefire violations have occurred since then, efforts to broker revived power-sharing arrangements continue and the threat of widespread famine has been averted
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This briefing explains check-off - a system for deducting trade union subscriptions through payroll - and the related policies of successive governments.
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As the Party Membership Project has suggested: “[p]arty membership is vital for the health of our representative democracy. Members contribute significantly to the election campaigns and to party finances. They are people who pick party leaders.” What do we know about party membership, and how significant are the figures as a proportion of the electorate?
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Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
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Download this spreadsheet to see a list of businesses in your constituency that trade with non-EU countries, and the products they trade in.
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