Research Briefing
Pensions Bill
This paper has been prepared for Second Reading of the Pensions Bill on 17 June 2013
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Research Briefing
Census 2011 Constituency results: England & Wales
This briefing paper has now been superseded by RP14-10, which summarises Census data for all UK constituencies.
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Research Briefing
Census 2011: Eastleigh Constituency
This briefing paper has now been superseded by RP14-10, which summarises Census data for all UK constituencies.
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Research Briefing
Marginal seats
This note lists UK Parliament seats by marginality using results for the 2010 General Election. The results are taken from the Research Paper (RP10/36) General Election 2010
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Research Briefing
Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill
Social security legislation requires the Secretary of State to review benefit levels each year to determine whether they have retained their value relative to prices. For most benefits annual uprating is not mandatory, but historically governments have exercised their discretion by increasing the principal means-tested working-age benefits each April in line with prices. In his 2012 Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that increases in most working-age benefits would be limited to 1% a year for three years from 2013-14, as part of a package to deliver additional welfare savings of £3.7 billion a year by 2015-16. The Bill amends primary legislation to enable the decisions on uprating in 2014-15 and 2015-16 to be implemented.
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Research Briefing
2013 Benefit Uprating
State pension, benefits and tax credits increase in April 2013 - this note sets out how the new rates are calculated
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Research Briefing
Public Service Pensions Bill [Bill 70 of 2012/13]
The Public Service Pensions Bill would establish a framework enabling the Government to introduce new public service pension schemes.
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Research Briefing
UK Election Statistics: 1918-2012
This paper presents an overview of results from UK elections since 1918, including elections to the House of Commons, the European Parliament, devolved bodies and local government.
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Research Briefing
Local elections 2012
Local elections took place in 181 local authorities on 3 May 2012. Almost 4,900 council seats were up for election in 128 local authorities in England, 32 unitary authorities in Scotland and 21 unitary authorities in Wales.
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Research Briefing
Measuring well-being
How is measurement of well-being or "happiness" being investigated in the UK to complement more traditional measures of progress?
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Research Briefing
Local Elections in 2012
This note sets out where elections will take place across the UK in 2012.
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Research Briefing
The CPI – uprating benefits and pensions
Article discussion the implications of the June 2010 Budget Coalition Government announcement that the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) would be used to uprate benefits, and state pensions, including public service pensions.
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Research Briefing
Sovereign Grant Bill
The Sovereign Grant Bill concerns the way in which the monarchy is funded. It seeks to replace the Civil List and other grants that support the Queen’s official duties with a new Sovereign Grant, based on a percentage of the profits of the Crown Estate. The new grant is designed to deliver at first a broadly similar level of finance in cash terms to what is available at present. There are mechanisms for adjusting the level in future, and for using any significant surplus as a means to reduce the grant. The Sovereign Grant is intended to be a typical government grant that will lead to the royal finances being audited by the National Audit Office, and subjected to full parliamentary scrutiny.
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Research Briefing
Pensions Bill [HL], Bill 183 of 2010-12
This paper has been prepared for the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons on the Pensions Bill and outlines the main changes to the paper.
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