There are five types of elections in the United Kingdom: • General elections • Elections to devolved parliaments and assemblies • Elections to the European Parliament • Local elections and mayoral elections Elections are held on Election Day‚ which is conventionally a Thursday. General elections have fixed dates‚ and must be called within five years of the opening of parliament following the last election. Other elections are held on fixed and well as well dates though
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The Effectiveness of UK Air Passenger Duty Introduction Came into effect on 1994‚ Air Passenger Duty (APD) is an excise duty which is levied on the carriage of chargeable passengers departure from a United Kingdom airport on an aircraft that has chargeable weight of more than ten tonnes or more than twenty seats for passengers (HM Revenue & Customs‚ 2010a). This essay is to evaluate whether APD is an effective tax by using the theory of ‘canons of Taxation’. Main body Adam Smith’s the wealth
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To what extent is there a democratic deficit in the UK? The most telling indicator of there being a democratic deficit in the UK today is the continuing decline of voter turnout at all elections for the past 60 years. There is a growing level of general apathy towards political issues in the UK which is not just damaging to the health of a democracy but fatal. The government requires a mandate to govern‚ if they do not achieve popular consent then how are they representative of the people? The
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Media Essay 1 Topic 2: With reference to the hacking scandal in the UK and the current debates about the Media Appeals Tribunal in South Africa‚ discuss the merits and demerits of statutory regulation versus self-regulation for the media. Regulation in the media is a hotly debated topic‚ especially in light of recent scandals‚ namely the UK hacking scandal‚ and more locally‚ the issues surrounding the Media Appeal Tribunal in South Africa. With the advances in private investigation technologies
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Competition in the UK Ice Cream Market SYNOPSIS The UK ice cream market has undergone something of a transformation over the last fifteen years. It used to be dominated by Wall’s Ice Cream and Lyons Maid‚ and was perceived to be a mature and relatively dull market. Substantial changes to the market have occurred as a result of broad environmental changes‚ and the entry of new competition. A demographic shift (fewer children) left ice cream marketers searching for new growth segments; they
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Le système politique britannique Introduction : Dès 1215‚ le Royaume-Uni a constitué une exception politique en Europe. C’est une monarchie constitutionnelle‚ c’est-à-dire un régime qui reconnaît un souverain comme chef d’Etat‚ mais dont les pouvoirs sont limités par une constitution. Cependant‚ à la différence de la France‚ le Royaume-Uni ne possède pas de constitution écrite à proprement parler. Cette constitution repose sur des textes fondamentaux tels que l’Habeas Corpus ou le Bill of Rights
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University of Nottingham Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Mobile Communications Project (H64MOC‚ 10 credits) Design of a CDMA based mobile communications system Your report should be around 3000-4000 words and include diagrams and other appropriate data. Your report should be submitted on or before Tues 3rd May 2011. You are reminded that late submission of coursework will result in marks being deducted. Orange Island is a remote island with one major city‚ Voda‚ in the
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Strategic Marketing Management: The Body Shop UK Organisational Culture The Organisational culture at Body Shop UK‚ is all based on morals and ethics‚ it is not solely concerned with making profits‚ as quoted by the founder of Body Shop "The business of business should not just be about money‚ it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good‚ not private greed." Dame Anita Roddick. Human Rights Activist. Founder of The Body Shop Handy (1993) believed that there are four
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Why is the working class disadvantages in the UK? The working class is massively disadvantaged through the health system. Health is hard to define as there is no universal agreement ion how social classes are defined. Nettleton (2006) said that poor diet at younger age than the rich and are more susceptible to major diseases. It states the % more babies are still born or in in the first week of life in unskilled families than in professionals families. This shows that health is a massive disadvantage
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Content I Introduction 3 II Findings 4 2.1 An overview of the UK Financial Regulatory Environment 4 2.1.1 The HM Treasury 4 2.1.2 The Bank of England 4 2.1.3 Financial Service Authority 4 2.1.4 The changes of Financial Services Authority 5 2.1.5 Supervision structures of EU 5 2.2 Date description 6 2.2.1 Total equity-to-asset ratio 6 2.2.2 Tier 1 capital ratio 7 2.2.3 Total loans-to-deposits ratio 8 2.2.4 Cash ratio 9 2.2.5 The ratio of cash balances at the central bank
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