https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018<\/a><\/p>Funding for children's social care is not ring fenced because this allows local authorities, who are independent of central Government, to manage their budgets in line with local priorities. We believe it is important that councils are able to set the policy agenda and target spending to match.<\/p>
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Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide grass roots campaign, celebrating small businesses across the UK. It is now in its fifth year and will take place on Saturday 2 December 2017.<\/p>
DIT Ministers will be supporting this activity to promote our small businesses and their essential contribution to the UK economy.<\/p>
I am hosting a roundtable in Portishead to discuss exporting issues for SMEs and to celebrate Small Business Saturday with the Department\u2019s mobile Exporting is GREAT Hub, which many members have already used.<\/p>"}
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My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade met with Scottish and Welsh Government Ministers between publication of the Trade White Paper and introduction of the Trade Bill, and senior officials met their counterparts in Northern Ireland departments.<\/p>
<\/p>
DIT officials also spoke with each of the devolved administrations and shared draft clauses and explanatory notes prior to publication of the Bill.<\/p>"}
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As outlined in the Government\u2019s White Paper \u2018Preparing for our future UK trade policy\u2019, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade and invited views on the UK\u2019s approach to its future trade policy.<\/p>
We are reviewing responses and continue to engage with stakeholders on these issues.<\/p>
After March 2019, the Government will ensure that Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.<\/p>"}
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Paying men and women unequally for the same work has been unlawful for nearly 50 years. Where an employer is found to have breached equal pay law, an employment tribunal can order them to produce an equal pay audit. Our requirement for all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap will help increase transparency of all the factors underlying the endemic differences in pay between men and women.<\/p>"}
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The roles and responsibilities given to Board members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are matters for the Commission itself. The Government has no powers to reinstate the EHRC\u2019s Disability Commissioner role.<\/p>"}
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All departments, including the Treasury, carefully consider the equality impacts of individual policy decisions taken on those with protected characteristics - in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to equality issues.<\/p>
<\/p>
When working on policy, including measures announced at the Autumn Budget 2017, ministers are advised of the impact a decision has on protected groups, and this is taken into account when a policy decision is made.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Autumn Budget includes many announcements that will benefit protected groups, including increases to the National Living Wage and the income tax personal allowance.<\/p>"}
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Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the planned switch in the indexation of business rates from RPI to CPI will be brought forward by two years to April 2018. Central government will fully compensate local authorities for income lost as a result of this measure.<\/p>"}
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The Clean Air Zone Framework sets out a range of measures which local authorities can take to reduce pollution in their areas, including encouraging the use of buses and public transport. In general, vehicles such as lorries and buses, or high frequency users such as taxis and private hire vehicles, emit higher levels of pollution on a per vehicle basis. The framework therefore sets out an approach under which, where charging zones are being introduced, Local Authorities are required to address these vehicles first, ahead of cars.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Framework is clear that local authorities should work with bus operators to reduce emissions from buses, for example through developing quality partnership schemes to support cleaner vehicles and the use of vehicles with higher vehicle emission standards. To support improvements in the bus fleet, the Government in 2016 allocated £100m to 2020/21 for new low emission buses and the retrofitting of existing buses.<\/p>
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<\/p>
This Government is building on that success by continuing to support zero-deforestation supply chains for key commodities, including palm oil. The UK is a signatory to the Amsterdam Declarations, has endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests and is a member of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, all of which support action to prevent deforestation and encourage the production of sustainable palm oil.<\/p>
<\/p>
Through our international climate finance, the Government is supporting a number of programmes focused on sustainable palm oil production. Those programmes are designed to strengthen governance, promote market-based solutions and put in place incentives, policies and actions that support sustainable production alongside forest protection.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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