Research Briefing
The defence capability review: equipment
A simple introduction to the front-line equipment of the UK armed forces. The Government is reviewing its defence capabilities.
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Research Briefing
UK assistance to affected British Overseas Territories after Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Several Territories were badly affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. This paper sets out the UK Government's response and their eligibility for UK aid.
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Research Briefing
Bovine Tuberculosis Statistics: Great Britain
This briefing paper presents statistics on the incidence of bovine TB in Great Britain. In 2018, there were 4,395 new herd incidents and 44,656 animals were slaughtered due to bovine TB.
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Research Briefing
Brexit and data protection
This Library Briefing Paper looks at data protection and what might happen after Brexit.
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Research Briefing
Hung parliaments
This paper sets out situations where there has been no overall control in the House of Commons since the beginning of the twentieth century.
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Research Briefing
Reconfiguration of NHS services (England)
House of Commons Library briefing on reconfiguration of NHS services, including recent policy developments, information on consultation and scrutiny powers, and drivers of major service changes.
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Research Briefing
Nuclear Weapons – Country Comparisons
This paper has now been replaced by CBP09069, Nuclear weapons - at a glance. This is a series of individual country profiles which examine the policies, capabilities and programmes of each of the nine nuclear weapon states.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: the September negotiations
What happened at the fourth round of Brexit negotiations from 25 to 28 September 2017? And what did Theresa May say that was so important in her speech in Florence on 22 September? Have discussions progressed sufficiently to move on to a negotiation of the UK's future trade and other relations with the EU? The EU thinks not; the UK is impatient to move on. This is what happened ...
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Research Briefing
Taxation of non-domiciles: the 2008 reforms
This Library briefing provides a short introduction to the taxation of non-domiciles, before discussing the reforms to these rules introduced in the 2008 Budget.
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Research Briefing
What happens after an indecisive election result?
Most UK governments are based on the MPs of the government’s party filling a majority of the seats in the House of Commons, and forming a government is relatively straightforward. When no single party holds a majority of seats, this is known as a hung parliament.
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Research Briefing
UK defence obligations to South Korea
Is the UK obliged to defend South Korea? This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the potential implications for the UK of a 1953 Declaration amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: civil judicial cooperation
This Commons Library briefing paper considers civil judicial cooperation post-Brexit. The UK is seeking a new agreement mirrored on existing provisions.
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Economic updates,Research Briefing
Economic update: interest rate rise likely
Slow GDP growth and relatively high inflation provide the backdrop to this month’s economic update. Perhaps the biggest headline came from the Governor of the Bank of England who signalled interest rates are likely to rise soon, for the first time in more than a decade. Comparatively weak growth… UK quarterly GDP growth in Q2
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, October 2017
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
Hurricane Irma: Who gets aid?
When Hurricane Irma recently devastated the Caribbean, some people were surprised and angry at the fact that the UK could not use its international aid budget to help its affected overseas territories. Although the Department for International Development was quick to deny reports that the UK’s response to the hurricane had been affected, this did
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