Why we are where we are! • The deficit has risen as a number of complex factors come together. • There was a rapid increase in spending in the last few years of the labour government • This followed many years of when Gordon Brown was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and he advocated fiscal prudence‚ being very careful with the balance of spending and taxation. • Later on there was an acceleration in the growth of public spending • One example would be state education • Between 2005 and 2010
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TAQ. 9 Why should we care about child poverty in the UK? Poverty means people are unable to live their lives to the minimum standard of the society in which they live. Inadequate income is the overall deciding factor of poverty when basic material needs cannot be met and people are excluded from taking part in their society because of this situation. Third world countries are the stereotypical places that people associate with poverty yet according to The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP‚ 2012)
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Economics Question: In the light of the change that have occurred in the structure of the UK economy in the recent years‚ discuss better is it still correct to describe UK economy as a mixed economy. Generally‚ the British economy is also known as the Anglo-Saxon economy and is the second largest economy in Europe after Germany. It is also the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of market exchange rates. In the early history‚ the country’s most dominated sector is the agriculture
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he music industry has typically borne the brunt of online piracy‚ because the smaller file sizes of songs make them easy to download and share. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)‚ which represents the interests of the UK music industry‚ online copyright infringement cost the music industry over £200 million in lost revenue in 2009‚ and the cumulative total losses between 2001 and 2012 are estimated to be £1.2 billion (see BPI‚ File-sharing FAQs). For a number of years‚ peer-to-peer
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updated Mintel report‚ or a similar financial report‚ especially since there has been so much extra attention being placed on this industry of late in the media. In order to get a better picture about the macro- and micro-environment in relation to the UK organic food producing industry‚ frameworks will be used in order to analyse information about the
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Democracy in the UK has many features‚ each one having positives and negatives points. The first feature is democratic elections. Elections in the UK are democratic to the point they are based on universal suffrage‚ free and fair‚ provide electoral choice these are the advantages of Democratic Elections. Disadvantages are that there might not be a good selection to choose from‚ choices are very limited. If the people are not happy with the result then they can re open nominations (RON)‚ this process
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commercial or nightlife areas. Sometimes people associate urban tribes with violence. In fact‚ there are some of them which are linked to incidents‚ brutal attacks and social problems; but many of them are inoffensive. Urban tribes born in the UK. Skin Heads: they were born in England in the 60s to combat nationalism. Soon they diverged into two groups: the extreme right-wing and the extreme left-wing‚ and which became strong enemies. They are a violent‚ xenophobic and homophobic group. They
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Migration into UK cities The UK now has many migrants living and moving here‚ as net migration - the difference between the number of people emigrating and the number of immigrants arriving in Britain - was 182‚000 in year ending June 2013 (Office of National Statistics). The amount of people who are migrating to the UK are causing some political problems‚ however they can also benefit the UK and themselves. There are some main reasons that migrants choose to move to the UK. Economic migration
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GENDER AND EDUCATION IN THE UK 1. GENDER TRENDS IN EDUCATION. ‘Of all the educational inequalities which form the terrain of policy-making since the Second World War‚ gender has shown the most dramatic shift. Specifically‚ in England and Wales‚ the closure of the gender gap up to age sixteen and changing patterns of achievement in post-compulsory education and training stands as a testimony to this transformation.’ (Arnot et al‚ 1999: 30). The UK has enjoyed formal ‘gender parity’
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When you refer to other sources in your assignment‚ remember to acknowledge these correctly using Harvard referencing system. Failure to do so will result in an automatic referral Case Study ‘Talk Team UK’ is a London-based telephone banking company. The company has been performing badly for a long period of time. Its profit margin continues to fall and it has a large turnover of staff. You have been hired for your business expertise. Your task is to identify current problems at the company
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