Debate Pack
Public country-by-country reporting
A debate on public country-by-country reporting is to be held in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 22 November, at 4.30pm. The debate is sponsored by Nigel Mills MP, and is scheduled to last an hour.
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Research Briefing
Autumn Budget 2017: Background briefing
The briefing sets out the background to Autumn Budget 2017 which will take place on Wednesday 22 November 2017. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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Research Briefing
Resolutions on the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill
This note has been prepared for the Ways and Means resolutions relating to the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, October 2017
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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Debate Pack
The Paradise Papers
On Tuesday 14 November the House is scheduled to debate the 'Paradise Papers', a large tranche of material gathered by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, leaked from two offshore service providers and 19 tax havens' company registries. Details of the financial holdings of both wealthy individuals and multinational enterprises has been reported by the BBC, the Guardian, and other media organisations that are part of the consortium, reiterating public concerns as to the scale of tax avoidance and evasion, and the ability of offshore jurisdictions to facilitate these activities. This note gives some background on this issue.
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Debate Pack
Taxation of beer and pubs sector
A Westminster Hall debate on "Taxation of the beer and pubs sector" was held on Tuesday October 31 2017. The Member leading the debate was Mike Wood MP.
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Debate Pack
Effect of taxes on small businesses
A Westminster Hall debate on the "Effect of taxes on small businesses" was held Wednesday 18 October 2017 at 2.30pm. The Member leading the debate was Derek Thomas MP.
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Research Briefing
Flights of fancy: the truth about the ‘staircase tax’
In August 2017 a number of articles appeared criticising a development dubbed the ‘staircase tax’. The BBC reported: …business rates in England and Wales are being set depending on how many rooms are being used and how they are linked. Those with more than one office linked by a communal lift, corridors or stairs are
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Research Briefing
Tobacco control policy overview
The Government’s new tobacco control plan was published in 2017, and seeks to reduce smoking overall and target this inequality in smoking rates. The ambitions in the plans include reducing smoking in adults, young people and pregnant women, ensuring a parity of esteem for those with mental health problems, and supporting evidence based use of innovative technologies to reduce smoking, such as e-cigarettes (now the most popular method for quitting smoking in England ).
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Research Briefing
Civil Service Compensation Scheme
This briefing provides an overview of reforms to the scheme providing compensation to civil servants for loss of office.
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Debate Pack
Rent payments and mortgage acceptance: Commons Debate Pack
Getting a mortgage is very difficult. High house prices and more restrictive lending conditions make qualifying for a mortgage difficult, especially for first time buyers. An e- Petition which attracted over 147,000 signatures calls on lenders to include an applicant's history of rent payments in their lending decision process. The Debate will be led by Paul Scully MP.
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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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Research Briefing
Taxation of non-domiciles: the 2008 reforms
This Library briefing provides a short introduction to the taxation of non-domiciles, before discussing the reforms to these rules introduced in the 2008 Budget.
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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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