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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TYPES OF SCHOOLS IN UK The school system in United Kingdom is divided in to two main groups‚ which is divided into different stages it starts from early years education‚ primary‚ secondary‚ higher and further education. The children progress from nursery‚ reception‚ key stages 1‚2‚3 and 4. The two main groups of schools are: Maintained schools/ State schools Independent schools/ Private schools 1. Community schools: These state schools are also known as county schools in England and Wales and are
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3rd year THEORY OF PHONETICS (Philology Department) Seminar No 5 (2 hrs) MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD Points for discussion: Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary
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Referendums are devices for obtaining extra legitimacy for policy proposals or for reducing internal party disputes over party alternatives. They tend to replace the normal role of parliament and are a form of direct democracy‚ although initiation comes from the government and not the governed. There is an indication of the growing frequency of the use of referendums as a way of legitimising policies or appealing to the public beyond divided party structures. What was seen as non-British‚ inconsistent
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wingfall tax and believe that the equality of opportunity means giving people better chances. Since it defined itself as Social Democratic party‚ the ideology of the party has been changed as accept value of market forces but also accept the idea that the UK is a community where is better work together rather than individually. b) Explain carefully 3 policy similarities between the modern Labour‚ Liberal-Democrat and Conservative parties (post in 1997). (10) Since 1990s‚ three main parties have their
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Courts in UK Her Majesty’s Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply the law of England and Wales and are established under Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system—England and Wales have one system‚ Scotland another‚ and Northern Ireland a third. There are exceptions to this rule; for example in immigration law‚ the
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trade. This has created several benefits for the UK. The law of comparative advantage states that there will be an increase in economic welfare if countries specialize in the goods where they have a lower opportunity cost. Globalization has enabled a reduction in tariffs and transport costs leading to cheaper imports. This increases the consumer surplus of UK consumers. It has also enabled a wider choice of goods and services‚ for example‚ supermarkets are now able to stack a wide range of fruit and
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Affairs in October 1991‚ during his first visit was the kind of breakthrough information for participants‚ opening the English Kazakhstan. Is held 20-23 March 1994 the second visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in the UK was mainly intended to provide the legal base of bilateral relations. During this visit‚ was signed by a number of important documents in various areas of cooperation. And as a concrete and practical steps to implement the results of such cooperation
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Contents 1. Structure…………………………………………………………………………….................3 2. Elite level team sports………………………………………………………………………….4 2.1 Football……………………………………………………………………………………….4 2.2 Cricket………………………………………………………………………………………..4 2.3 Rugby………………………………………………………………………………………...7 2.2.1 Rugby union…………………………………………………………………………..7 2.2.2 Rugby league………………………………………………………………………….7 2.4 Ice Hockey……………………………………………………………………………………8 2.5 Basketball………………………………………………………………………………….....9 2.6 Other team sports……………………………………………………………………………
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Political Institutions UK History of political parties The political history of the British Isles. Over the past 800 years has been largely one of reducing the power of the monarchy and transferring authority to a London based Parliament as the sovereign legislative body for all Britain. The original structures were monarchical‚ aristocratic and non-democratic. The growth of political parties and constitutional structures. The growing power of Parliament against the monarch in seventeenth
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