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This note sets out the main measures announced in the 2013 Autumn Statement, presented by the Chancellor on 5 December 2013, and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for the economy and public finances. There are also overviews of policy announcements on the State Pension age, business rates, the cap on welfare spending and jobs and young people.
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The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement included a series of proposals to obstruct, reverse or frustrate various schemes for tax avoidance. As the Statement noted, despite earlier initiatives, “a minority of taxpayers continue to seek out unacceptable ways to reduce the amount of tax that they pay.” The persistence of avoidance activity highlights one aspect of the
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The Government has declared that success in emerging markets, particularly China, is central to the aim of reviving and rebalancing the UK economy. In a measure of the importance attached to relations with China, the Autumn Statement has been delayed by a day this week to accommodate the Prime Minister’s 120-strong trade delegation there.
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This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries. This weeks articles are 'Who’s looking for work? Differences between ILO unemployment and the claimant count' and 'Interesting times: inflation and monetary policy responses'
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This note sets out the background to the 2013 Autumn Statement which will take place on Thursday 5 December. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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One of the features of George Osborne’s Budgets and Autumn Statements has been a downgrading over time of forecasts for the economy by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). For example, both the 2010 and 2011 Budgets forecast GDP growth of 2.9% in 2013. By the March 2013 Budget, this forecast had been cut to
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This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics
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The effects of the sluggish growth in the 1990s ("the lost decade") are still being felt today in Japan's economy. A new government has embarked on a radical plan to revitalise the fortunes of the world’s third largest economy. These policies have become known as Abenomics, after the new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries. This month’s articles: "UK recovery: how strong and how long?" and "Scotland’s currency choices"
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How does membership of the EU affect the UK economy? How does the UK's situation compare with that of Norway or Switzerland? This note looks for the answers.
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This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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