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The 2015 General Election saw a record number of women elected to the House of Commons. 191 women MPs, 29.4% of the total, was the highest number and proportion ever. It has been frequently pointed out, however, that the number of male MPs in the current Parliament remained higher than the number of women who
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After some of the fiercest fighting seen in the Syrian conflict, the battle for the city of Aleppo – which has been contested since 2012 – has reportedly ended after rebels withdrew from the remaining opposition-held districts of the city.
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How many people live in England? The most recent ONS estimates (from mid 2015) put the number at 54.8 million. However, at the same point in time, NHS Digital estimates that the number of patients registered with GP practices in England was 57.1 million – 2.3 million more (4%). This gap increased by 88,000 between
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This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper provides an overview of the role and functions of the Land Registry, and historical reviews of its operating model. In 2016 the Government consulted on proposals to move Land Registry operations to the private sector. The paper outlines the debate for and against privatisation of the Land Registry.
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After several delays, the 2016 Bilateral Development Review (BDR) and Multilateral Development Review (MDR) were published by the Government on 1 December 2016, superseding the 2011 Reviews published by the previous Coalition Government. While the 2016 MDR performs a broadly comparable role to that performed by its predecessor, the 2016 BDR does not -- important country-level information has not been provided this time around.
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Cold Weather Payments are made from the Social Fund to certain recipients of Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit or Pension Credit during periods of very cold weather.
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How will the Great Repeal Bill change the law in the UK? This question looms large in the legal arguments before the Supreme Court in Miller, taking place this week. The question was raised in exchanges between Lord Carnwath, the Supreme Court Justice, and James Eadie QC, First Treasury Counsel representing the Government, during the
Economic updates,Research Briefing
November saw the Chancellor Philip Hammond deliver his first Autumn Statement, which was accompanied by the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s first set of forecasts for the economy and the public finances since the EU referendum. Autumn Statement The Chancellor’s announcements included additional infrastructure investment, a modest change to Universal Credit, an increase
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This paper explains the car driver licensing and testing arrangements for new drivers and provides information on various initiatives – such as graduated driver licensing, post-test restrictions and ‘black box’ monitoring devices – which have been discussed as ways to help make these drivers safer.
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Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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This Commons Library Briefing Paper examines the initial proposals for new constituency boundaries in Scotland. It looks at the extent to which proposed constituencies can be identified with existing seats, and the area and electorates of the proposed seats.
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This note sets out the main benefit and tax credit rates for the 2017/18 financial year.
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This briefing paper provides an overview of the Second Reading and Committee Stage of the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill 2016-17.
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The creation of free schools was one of the major education reforms introduced by the current Government. The first 24 free schools opened in September 2011 and this had increased to 425 at the start of 2016/17. More than 200 new free schools have had their applications successfully approved and are expected to open in the future.
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The Middle East in turmoil and the Saudi ruling elite is in the process of generational change. The government's strategy of domestic economic transformation and foreign policy assertiveness while maintaining domestic restrictions is ambitious.
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