Research Briefing
London elections 2024
Elections for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly were held on 2 May 2024. Sadiq Khan was re-elected as mayor and Labour won 11 seats on the Assembly.
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Research Briefing
Public spending: What’s unusual about this year’s Main Estimates?
Parliament will have less opportunity to scrutinise this year’s Main Estimates for government departments’ spending, although this often happens after elections.
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Research Briefing
Main Estimates: Government spending plans for 2024/25
This briefing summarises 2024/25’s Main Estimates, the way in which Parliament approves the Government’s spending plans for the year.
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Insight
Public spending: What’s unusual about this year’s Main Estimates?
Parliament will have less opportunity to scrutinise this year’s Main Estimates for government departments’ spending, although this often happens after elections.
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Research Briefing
Council tax: FAQs
This Briefing Paper provides a general introduction to council tax, a tax levied on domestic properties in England, Scotland and Wales. It explains what council tax is, who has to pay it, how council tax is calculated and set, and whether any exemptions or discounts may be available.
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Research Briefing
The Greater London Authority
This briefing paper summarises the role and powers of the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority.
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Research Briefing
Understanding statistics on employment, unemployment and earnings
This note explains the meaning of different concepts within labour market statistics and identifies the key measures and sources to use.
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Research Briefing
MPs and constituency etiquette
This note discusses the conventions that have developed as a result of the relationship between individual MPs and their constituencies. It covers the issues of constituency casework, raising matters relating to another Member’s constituency in the House, and visits and speaking engagements in other constituencies. The Note deals also with the related matter of local precedence.
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Research Briefing
Delegated powers and framework legislation
Not all laws are made directly by Parliament. Some are made by ministers, known as delegated powers. These have been used more frequently, and with important constitutional consequences, in recent years.
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The legislative process and Library briefings on bills
As bills pass through the various stages of Parliament, the Library publishes briefings as at second reading, committee stage, ping pong, and Royal Assent.
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What is devolution?
The power to make laws in certain policy areas has been transferred from Parliament to legislatures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland through devolution.
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How does Parliament scrutinise tax and spending?
Parliament scrutinises how the government raises and spends money with the Spending Review; the Budget and associated Finance Bill; and the Estimates process.
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Research Briefing
How is a government formed?
The Prime Minister advises the Monarch who should become members of the government. By convention, ministers will be MPs or members of the House of Lords.
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Research Briefing
Constituency data: electorates
Constituency-level data on electorates in the UK, including data for both the parliamentary and the local government franchise
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Research Briefing
How are life peers created?
Most members of the House of Lords are life peers, rather than hereditary peers or Lords Spiritual. What is the process for creating new life peerages?
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