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Research Briefing
The aerospace industry: statistics and policy
This note analyses key statistics and presents details of how Government policy supports the industry.
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Economic Updates,Research Briefing
Economic update: Inflation at a five year high
In the final full month before the 2017 Autumn Budget, published data showed a slight acceleration in GDP growth while inflation reached its highest level in over five years. Real average earnings continued to fall, although new data showed earnings were increasing above inflation for the lowest-paid employees. Growth continued at a similar rate to
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, November 2017
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
Brexit: the October negotiations
What happened in round five of the Brexit negotiations - the last scheduled round in phase one? Did the EU negotiator, Michel Barnier, and the other 27 EU Member State leaders think "sufficient progress" had been made in the priority areas to move on to a discussion of the UK's future relations with the EU? And what about a transition period or the possibility of a 'no deal' scenario? Has the Government planned for this? This note looks at what happened in the October round and other Brexit issues.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, September 2017
This paper contains claimant count figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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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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Research Briefing
Productivity in the UK
The briefing provides latest statistics on UK productivity including breakdowns by sector and region/country of the UK. It also explains why productivity is important to growth, the public finances and living standards, analyses whether the stagnation in productivity is temporary or permanent, looks at the impact of Brexit on productivity growth and outlines Government policy. International comparisons are also included.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, August 2017
This paper contains claimant count figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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