Research Briefing
Background to the July 2015 Budget
This note sets out the background to the July 2015 Budget, the first Budget of the current Parliament.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, June 2015
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by constituency, May 2015
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, March 2015
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Remploy Employment Services
Remploy factories provided employment to 2,150 disabled people at 54 sites in 2011/12. Following the withdrawal of Government subsidies from March 2012, most factories have now closed but six have been sold to new owners. It was announced in March 2015 that Remploy will be established as a new company free from Government control in partnership with Remploy employees and MAXIMUS.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, February 2015
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, January 2015
Labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies published in January 2015, and a summary of the latest national and regional statistics on employment, unemployment , vacancies and earnings
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency December 2014
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency: changes in methodology, 2014
The Library has updated the methodology used to calculate the headline count and rate of unemployed claimants shown in the monthly Unemployment by Constituency research paper. This note provides details of the changes.
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Research Briefing
Earnings by constituency
New earnings data published this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show differences in pay across parliamentary constituencies, as illustrated in the map below. Median weekly pay of full-time employees was highest for people living in London (at £618 per week in April 2014) and lowest in Northern Ireland (£457 per week). The
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Research Briefing
House of Commons sitting of the UK Youth Parliament – November 2014
This special briefing paper has been produced to help Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) prepare for the House of Commons sitting of the UK Youth Parliament which takes place on 14 November.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, September 2014
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, July 2014
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, January 2014
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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