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This Commons Library briefing paper provides background on the 2015 Government's intention to apply Local Housing Allowance rates to tenants in receipt of Housing Benefit in the social rented sector. On 25 October 2017, the Prime Minister said that this change would not go ahead as previously planned.
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This briefing paper has been prepared for day 2, scheduled to take place on 15 November, of the Committee Stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (EUW Bill) in the House of Commons.
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This briefing paper looks at the implementation of the Government's reforms to school funding from 2018, including the introduction of a new National Funding Formula (NFF) for schools. The plans were confirmed in September 2017, with some important modifications.
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The publication of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Pink Book last week, detailing the UK’s balance of payments, shows us which countries the UK traded with in 2016. Here we examine the UK’s trade in 2016 in light of recent historic trends, as well as the geographical pattern of UK trade. An ongoing pattern
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In August 2017 a number of articles appeared criticising a development dubbed the ‘staircase tax’. The BBC reported: …business rates in England and Wales are being set depending on how many rooms are being used and how they are linked. Those with more than one office linked by a communal lift, corridors or stairs are
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This note analyses key statistics and presents details of how Government policy supports the industry.
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This Commons Library briefing paper has been prepared for days 1 and 3 of the Committee Stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (EUW Bill) in the House of Commons. It addresses clauses 5 and 6 of the Bill which together provide instructions to the courts on the status and interpretation of retained EU law (the new category of law which clauses 2, 3 and 4 of the EUW Bill would create).
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The Government’s new tobacco control plan was published in 2017, and seeks to reduce smoking overall and target this inequality in smoking rates. The ambitions in the plans include reducing smoking in adults, young people and pregnant women, ensuring a parity of esteem for those with mental health problems, and supporting evidence based use of innovative technologies to reduce smoking, such as e-cigarettes (now the most popular method for quitting smoking in England ).
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There is no shortage of information on Brexit. We publish a lot of it ourselves. Navigating through it all is harder though, which is why we have picked our top seven sites you should bookmark to help fight the information overload. The links below will guide you through documents, papers and analysis on Brexit and
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The Bank of England raised interest rates for the first time in a decade today, raising its main rate by 0.25%-points to 0.5%. What are the reasons behind the rise and what does it mean for the economy and for households? How much have rates gone up by? The Bank of England, via its nine-member
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In the final full month before the 2017 Autumn Budget, published data showed a slight acceleration in GDP growth while inflation reached its highest level in over five years. Real average earnings continued to fall, although new data showed earnings were increasing above inflation for the lowest-paid employees. Growth continued at a similar rate to
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The Government has confirmed that it has produced analyses of 58 sectors of the economy in the context of Brexit. A Written Ministerial Statement published on the 7 November 2017 stated that: The sectoral analysis is a wide mix of qualitative and quantitative analysis, contained in a range of documents developed at different times since the
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Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Universal Credit may or may not be “the most radical overhaul of our welfare system since its inception”, but there’s no disputing the scale of the reforms. If all goes according to plan, 7 million individuals and families will be receiving the benefit by 2022. Spending on the “legacy” benefits UC is replacing currently totals
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Statistics published yesterday by the ONS offer the most detailed picture available of earnings in 2017. Here are five things we learned – and a couple of things we didn’t: 1. Average earnings fell between 2016 and 2017 after adjusting for inflation… Average weekly pay of full-time employees increased by 2.2% compared to 2016. But
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