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Research Briefing
Budget 2014: a summary
Budget 2014 and Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts: a summary. Includes overview along with analysis of forecasts and changes to pensions and savings, the welfare cap and the treatment of disputed tax.
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Research Briefing
Who’s the new ISA, NISA, for?
(Click to Enlarge) The Chancellor announced changes to ISAs in his 2014 Budget to allow people to put up to £15,000 a year in them (in any mix of cash and stocks and shares).
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Research Briefing
Public procurement: small businesses and savings
This archived note briefly discussed public procurement with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and savings. It has been superseded by SN6029 (Public Procurement).
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Research Briefing
A maximum minimum? Minimum wages compared
The UK minimum wage is currently £6.31 per hour for people aged 21 and over, equivalent to about £12,000 a year for someone working a 37-hour week. But how does the UK compare to other countries that have some kind of minimum wage?
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, October 2013
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
The reform of the Postal Services 1997-2011
The note summarises the last Labour Government’s policies on postal services before outlining the main provisions in the Postal Services Act 2011 that was bought in by the Coalition Government. Subsequent developments are set out in two further Standard Notes on Privatisation of the Royal Mail (SN/EP/06668) and on the Post Office: recent developments (SN/EP/06718).
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, July 2013
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
UK overseas aid expenditure
This note describes how UK official development assistance (overseas aid) is distributed.
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Research Briefing
Large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries – camouflage for ‘land grabbing’?
Oxfam has launched a campaign on the issue of ‘land-grabbing’ – or what others would call ‘large-scale land acquisitions’ – in developing countries around the world, including by foreign governments or companies, with the World Bank primarily in its sights. This note is a brief introduction to the debate, current multilateral initiatives on the issue and the stance of the UK Government.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, October 2012
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
Economic Indicators, October 2012
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, August 2012
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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