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Research Briefing
Business support schemes – statistics
Statistics on take up and cost of Government schemes that support businesses and SMEs
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, September 2014
This paper features analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, August 2014
New estimates published in July suggest that GDP grew by 0.8% in Q2 2014 and that GDP has surpassed to its pre-recession peak. The employment rate rose to 73.1%, whilst inflation rose slightly to 1.9%.
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Research Briefing
Public sector employment and expenditure by region
Public spending and public sector employment by region.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, July 2014
This paper features analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators.
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Research Briefing
Auditing the EU accounts
A common complaint from the UK press is that the EU accounts have not been “signed off” (for example, see articles from the Daily Mail, the Telegraph and the BBC). In fact, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has signed off the accounts for each year up to 2012 – although it has never given a
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, June 2014
This paper features analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators. This month’s articles are: The eurozone’s economic recovery and Spend, spend, spend. The changing face of retail.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, May 2014
This paper features analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators. This month’s articles are The regional economic picture and The changing face of self-employment
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Research Briefing
Industrial policy, 2010 to 2015
Industrial policy is the way that government supports industry to boost the economy. This note surveys industrial policy since 2010.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, April 2014
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries. This months articles: Income tax: The higher rate threshold and Who is economically inactive?
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Research Briefing
Why cap welfare spending?
Budget 2014 introduced a cap on certain elements of welfare spending including housing benefit, incapacity benefit and tax credits. The state pension and Jobseekers Allowance are not included. The cap on welfare spending has been long planned, with Budget 2011 stating that the Government was “considering options for strengthening control” over this type of spending.
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Research Briefing
Budget 2014: a summary
Budget 2014 and Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts: a summary. Includes overview along with analysis of forecasts and changes to pensions and savings, the welfare cap and the treatment of disputed tax.
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