The Facts

An Autumn Statement is an update from the Chancellor to MPs on the government’s taxation and spending plans.

Fiscal drag occurs when inflation and earnings rise, but tax thresholds or tax bands do not increase with inflation.

A three-line whip is an instruction by a political party to attend and vote in support of a party’s position in Parliament….

There is no right to strike under UK law. However, under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, everyone has…

The ‘default tariff cap’ – widely called the energy price cap – determines the maximum price per unit customers can pay for…

A windfall tax is levied against companies deemed to have made excessively high profits, or a ‘windfall’, from circumstances they themselves did not engineer. Learn more here.

Volodymyr Zelensky is the current and sixth President of Ukraine. He assumed office in May 2019 and is a member of the…

Martin Reynolds was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minster from October 2019 until his resignation in February 2022. He previously served…

‘Partygate’ comprises of a series of allegations that a number parties took place across 10 Downing Street and other government buildings over…

Simon Case is the Cabinet Secretary – the most senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister. It is a wide-ranging role which…

Sue Gray is a senior civil servant who is Second Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office and at the Department for Levelling…

The 1922 Committee is made up of all backbench Conservative MPs, and was originally formed on the initiative of new Conservative MPs…