Research Briefing
Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015: a summary
Updated analysis of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
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Research Briefing
Spending Review 2015: the future of overseas aid
The UK is committed to spending 0.7% of its gross national income on aid each year. While this gives a sense of the scale of overall future spending in this area, there are still questions to be answered about exactly how much money is spent, who spends it and where. Some of these questions may
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Research Briefing
Background to the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement
Background to the joint 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement, which will be presented to Parliament on 25 November 2015.
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Research Briefing
Summer Budget 2015: A summary
This note presents a summary of the Summer Budget 2015. This note provides an overview of the main Budget measures (see below), along with analysis of the forecasts, changes to the fiscal rules, changes to welfare, the National Living Wage, and public spending.
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Research Briefing
Background to the July 2015 Budget
This note sets out the background to the July 2015 Budget, the first Budget of the current Parliament.
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Research Briefing
European Union (Finance) Bill 2015-16
The Commons Library's briefing note on the European Union (Finance) Bill 2015-16.
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Research Briefing
Key Issues for the 2015 Parliament
This book examines the key issues facing the House of Commons over the course of the 2015 Parliament - from the public finances to the UK’s membership of the EU and from school places for children to climate change.
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Research Briefing
PFI: costs and benefits
The use of PFI contracts is controversial. This note considers the arguments for the costs and benefits of PFI, as well as looking at changes to PFI under the coalition government.
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Research Briefing
Budget 2015: a summary
This note provides an overview of the 2015 Budget along with analysis of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecasts.
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Research Briefing
Budget 2015: Background briefing
This note sets out the background to the 2015 Budget, the last of the current Parliament.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, March 2015
This paper features analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators.
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Research Briefing
Autumn Statement 2014: Background briefing
This note sets out the background to the 2014 Autumn Statement.
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Research Briefing
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: Committee stage report
This is a report on the House of Commons Committee stage of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.
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Research Briefing
HMRC’s new annual tax summary: what’s in ‘welfare’?
The Government has announced that over 24 million people will soon start receiving their first personalised Annual Tax Summary from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which will provide a breakdown of how each person’s annual direct tax bill (income tax and NI contributions) is spent. The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne described the measure
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