Yesterday we published a briefing on the upcoming employer National Insurance contributions Bill - second reading is next week ⬇️

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The second reading of the Finance Bill is taking place right now: you can follow along on www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons

We've published an overview of the Bill here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Since he’s not here my colleague David Torrance has just published a paper that’s the result of a year long exercise of trying to ‘map’ or rather identify and summarise all the various sources of the UK constitution.

He’s asked for feedback on any omissions/errors etc

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In the old days, it was traditional for the Leader of the Opposition to host a Christmas party for Commons Library staff, to show appreciation for our work. My first one, was also Tony Blair's first one, so I guess 1994. I remember Tony Blair seeming quite nervous at being introduced to us all...

Writing about national insurance and the changes announced in the Budget at the moment.

Worth noting that the NHS and the public sector are *not* exempted from the rise in employer NICs (like the article says) - instead the govt compensates them back for the extra cost

Reminder to check @metoffice.bsky.social’s forecast before cycling to work 👎

Just published an update to my briefing on stamp duty land tax (SDLT), outlining the changes announced at the Budget and implemented on 31 October ⬇️

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The Chancellor has written to the Treasury Committee detailing the impact of the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) [1/8] ⬇️

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Second reading of the finance bill has been provisionally scheduled for 27 November ⬇️

The new alcohol duty system https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9765/

VAT on private school fees https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10125/