Economic updates,Research Briefing
November was a busy month of economic policy announcements with the Government unveiling its Budget and industrial strategy, and the Bank of England raising interest rates. Economic data confirmed modest GDP growth of 0.4% in the third quarter, while, despite low unemployment, average wages continued to rise by less than the rate of inflation. Budget
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The rail industry has announced today that train fares will rise by an average of 3.4% from January 2018. This annual fare increase is based on two separate calculations: the Government-directed ‘cap’ for regulated fares and the industry’s commercial considerations regarding other, ‘unregulated’ fares. This blog post provides a brief overview of the fares decision
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Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
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A white paper Prison Safety and Reform was published in November 2016 setting out government proposals. A bill followed but did not complete its passage through Parliament due to the calling of a general election. No prisons legislation was announced in the 2017 Queen's Speech. The Justice Secretary has said work on prison reform will continue.
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UK local government funding has long been notorious for its complexity. The Government made a commitment to a ‘fair funding review’ in 2016, which aims to review and (if necessary) update the needs assessment underlying the distribution of funding. The most recent consultation was published in February 2017. It will be challenging for the Government
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This note outlines some of the factors influencing the cost of motor insurance premiums and what government and the industry have done to try and reduce costs.
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This Commons Library briefing paper has been prepared for day 5 of the Committee Stage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (the EUW Bill) in the House of Commons. It discusses clause 12 and Schedule 4 of the Bill. The Library briefing 'The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Devolution', covers clause 10 and Schedule 2, which are also due to be debated on day five.
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Looks at the impact of pension scheme charges on pension savings and steps being taken to cap charges and to improve transparency
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This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview of options for dealing with nuisance together with Government guidance and relevant legislation on various types of nuisance.
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This Library briefing explains the background to and provisions of a Private Member's Bill to remove restrictions on local authority powers to set council tax levels.
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This paper sets out the powers of government and the private sector to levy tolls on individual roads and explains the policies of successive governments in this regard. It also looks at the only toll road in England along the M6 corridor and at four tolled crossings – at Dartford, across the Humber, the Mersey and the Severn.
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The 23rd wave of the Energy and Climate Change Public Attitudes Tracker (PAT), published last week, showed that 21% of respondents thought that climate change was within the top three challenges facing Britain today, and 13% thought that energy supply was. However, a high proportion of UK society does not have a full understanding of
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According to GP practice data, around one in fifteen people aged 17+ in England had diabetes in 2016/17. That’s 3.1 million people diagnosed with diabetes, or 6.6% of everyone on a GP register aged 17 or older. Public Health England estimate that men are 26% more likely than women to have diabetes, and that 90%
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Was progress made in the sixth round of Brexit negotiations? This paper looks at what happened in the latest round of talks in each of the priority areas and at other developments linked to Brexit in the UK and the EU.
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Read about the parts of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill concerning devolution, ahead of the House of Commons consideration of them in committee.
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