Research Briefing
UK trade in 2018: Trade deficit widens
UK trade in 2018 compared with recent historical trends, as well as its geographical pattern.
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Insight
UK trade in 2018: Trade deficit widens
UK trade in 2018 compared with recent historical trends, as well as its geographical pattern.
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Research Briefing
Trade in services and Brexit
While the UK prepares to leave the EU, the future of services trade has received less attention in the public debate than trade in goods. The UK’s exposure to services trade means however that businesses in many sectors across the economy will be affected. This paper looks at the complexity of international trade in services and discusses what could change under the different future scenarios.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: Trade issues for food and agriculture
This briefing discusses how future UK trade policy after Brexit could affect the availability, price and quality of food, as well as the prospects for farmers, food producers and processors. It sets out key statistics on the UK’s international food and drink trade and considers the potential opportunities and challenges of new trading relationships after the UK leaves the EU, including under a Withdrawal Agreement or a no deal scenario.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, October 2019
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
Brexit and trade in services
Trade in services is hugely important to the UK economy. This Insight looks at what might change if the UK leaves without a deal. It also shows how Office for National Statistics (ONS) experimental statistics helps unravel the complexity of services trade with the EU and other countries
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Insight
Brexit and trade in services
Trade in services is hugely important to the UK economy. This Insight looks at what might change if the UK leaves without a deal. It also shows how Office for National Statistics (ONS) experimental statistics helps unravel the complexity of services trade with the EU and other countries
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, September 2019
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, August 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, July 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, July 2019
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Debate Pack
Future trade deals and the National Health Service
The House of Commons Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion "That this House has considered e-petition 242300 relating to future trade deals and the National Health Service" on Monday 22 July at 4.30pm. Mike Hill MP will open the debate.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, June 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole. In the latest quarter, there was a fall in unemployment levels and the unemployment rate remains at its joint lowest level since comparable records began in 1971. Despite employment levels increasing, the employment rate fell slightly from the previous quarter. Average pay continued to grow faster than inflation, with pay excluding bonuses growing at its fastest rate since 2008.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, June 2019
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, May 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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