The electoral systems existing in the UK today are currently under scrutiny with a call for reform for the First Past The Post (FPTP) with the recent AV referendum‚ in which people voted NO against a reform to the current system. However‚ in this political climate where people accuse the FPTP system of bias‚ being wasteful and being disproportional‚ the system for electing Members of the European Parliament‚ the Closed List System (CLS) has also been under question. In this essay I will explore the
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Since 1997 with the labour government in charge‚ the UK have adopted various electoral systems. However‚ there are a number of problems with each systems and some systems are more proportional than others‚ for example the List System has a higher degree of proportional representation than the First Past The Post system which is used in UK general elections. In spite of this‚ there are good systems in Northern Ireland‚ like AMS which is very proportional and provides a simple outcome. The First
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Analysis of the Modern Credit Risk Measurement and Management of UK Investment Banks 1. Introduction In the morden society‚ risk is not an unfamiliar state for no matter individuals or Financial Institutions. Especially for investment banks‚ risk is an essential factor for daily operating activities. If there is no risk in bank’s daily operations‚ the value of the bank’s investment could only be the risk-free returns‚ which violates the final targets of investment
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referendums held in the UK? Referendums are a popular vote where the people are asked to decide on an important or constitutional issue directly. The key features of a referendum are that they the questions usually asked are single questions and are put forward by the government. In a referendum the citizens make the decision and it is always a YES/NO answer. However the conclusive answer is not binding on Parliament. There are 4 main reasons why referendums are held in the UK. Firstly one reason
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Language is not the only problem faced by international students in UK. Nowadays with the growth of global economy‚ rising people are aware of the importance of education as well. As stated by Coughlan‚ there are a significant increasing number of students who are studying abroad in countries like UK where people think that they can receive high-quality education. Meanwhile‚ their study career in UK‚ although language probably will be a principal problem for international students to face‚ there
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Investigation into Accessibility of Health Services in the UK Contents Abstract………………………………………………………..…P. 3 Introduction…………………………………………………...…P. 4-7 Method………………………………………………………..….P. 8-9 Results………………………………………………………....…P. 10-13 Discussion…………………………………………………….….P. 14-15 Appendix …………………………………………………..….....P. 16-21 References………………………………………………………..P. 22-23
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Should the death penalty be reinstated in the UK? The restoration of the death penalty for serious crimes is an issue of debate in the UK because of the recent rise in violent crime. It is said that at least 17‚833 people are under the sentence of the death penalty worldwide as of 31 December 2010. The death penalty or otherwise known as the capital punishment is a legal process where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. Currently it is only allowed in 32 states and
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‘Capital punishment should be used in the UK to prevent the most serious of crimes’ Capital punishment offers the ultimate form of deterrence‚ retribution and protection. The death penalty makes the criminal pay for his or her crime with their life even though that may not always be the right thing to do. It is no longer used in the UK but it is still used in many countries and in the USA as a punishment for murder or other serious crimes. Some Christians would agree with the statement and follow
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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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