Joe Marshall
Former senior researcher
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The next Prime Minister will need to limit their ambitions beyond Brexit
Both prime ministerial candidates must acknowledge that they face multiple parliamentary challenges to deliver Brexit and other policy commitments.
The latest OBR figures highlight the need to make tax revenues sustainable
The new OBR report echoes the risks to tax revenues highlighted in the Institute for Government’s Taxing Times report.
How are bills amended by Parliament?
Amendments are proposals to change, remove or add to the existing wording of bills to modify their effect.
Taxing times: the need to reform the UK tax system
The UK tax system is in need of major structural reform if it is to meet the challenges of the future.
No deal Brexit could be a legal mess
Leaving the EU without a deal presents significant legal risks.
Fast-tracked legislation / emergency legislation
A fast-tracked bill passes through all the normal stages of passage in each House, but on an expedited timetable.
Proroguing parliament
Prorogation signals the end of a parliamentary session and brings nearly all parliamentary business to a close.
Can Labour rely on any prime ministerial Brexit commitments?
The Prime Minister has served notice on her time in Downing Street.
Motions
What does it mean to ‘table a motion’ in parliament?
Budgets
Governments require parliament’s approval to spend money, as well as to raise revenue in the form of taxes.