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Nigeria 2015: analysis of election issues and future prospects

Monday, 19 January, 2015

This paper looks at the multiple challenges facing Nigeria as it prepares for presidential and legislative elections on 14 February 2015. These elections will take place amidst an atmosphere of even greater crisis and uncertainty than usual. Boko Haram’s insurgency in the north of the country continues unabated. There are fears that the country might break up if the election aftermath is poorly handled. However, some observers remain remarkably hopeful about Nigeria’s future, predicting that its enormous economic potential is on the verge of being realised at last.
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Credit Unions (2015)

Monday, 05 January, 2015

This briefing covers the UK credit union landscape and policy development up to 2015. This briefing has been superseded by a new briefing CBP-10306.
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Mutuals Deferred Shares Bill

Monday, 29 December, 2014

This Bill is a government-supported Private Members’ Bill which started in the Lords.
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- Finance
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Consumer Rights Bill – Lords amendments

Friday, 19 December, 2014

This paper is designed to provide background information for Consideration of Lords Amendments of the Consumer Rights Bill, as brought from the House of Lords on 9 December 2014. This note, like the Lords Amendments themselves, refers to HL Bill 29, the Bill as first printed for the House of Lords. This note also refers to Explanatory Notes on Lords Amendments produced by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) in conjunction with the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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- Consumers
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How much is a pint of milk? Food and drink consumption, expenditure and costs in the UK

Wednesday, 17 December, 2014

This afternoon’s Opposition Day debate on food banks and the cost of living promises to sustain focus upon the cost of food and drink in the UK. The debate follows publication of the All-Party Parliamentary Enquiry’s Feeding Britain report which, co-chaired by Rt Hon Frank Field MP and the Rt Revd Tim Thornton, examined hunger
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How much is a pint of milk? Food and drink consumption, expenditure and costs in the UK

Wednesday, 17 December, 2014
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Small businesses and the UK economy

Tuesday, 09 December, 2014

This note presents a statistical analysis of small businesses in the UK, the role of small businesses in international trade, small businesses and GDP, small businesses and tax receipts and information on government policy towards small businesses.
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Iran, the nuclear negotiations and relations with the UK

Wednesday, 03 December, 2014

How is the thaw in relations between Iran and the UK going?
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Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: Committee stage report

Monday, 17 November, 2014

This is a report on the House of Commons Committee stage of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.
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Asbestos-related diseases: payments from the Department for Work and Pensions

Thursday, 18 September, 2014

Exposure to asbestos fibres can lead to a number of serious diseases. People suffering from certain conditions may be able to pursue a civil claim for damages against one or more employers responsible for exposing them to asbestos negligently and/or in breach of a statutory duty. Compensation may also be available under schemes administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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Household Safety (Carbon Monoxide Detectors) Bill [Bill 26 of 2014-15]

Wednesday, 10 September, 2014

Carbon monoxide is an invisible, tasteless and odourless gas. This Private Member's Bill aims to introduce a requirement that a functioning carbon monoxide detector must be installed in all newly built and all rented residential properties.
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Business support schemes – statistics

Thursday, 04 September, 2014

Statistics on take up and cost of Government schemes that support businesses and SMEs
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How would a supermarket tax work in England and Wales?

Thursday, 14 August, 2014
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- Business
- Economy
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Insurance Contract Law Bill

Monday, 28 July, 2014

New Law Commission proposals to modernise aspects of existing insurance law.
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- Finance
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The high cost consumer credit market in the UK

Tuesday, 15 July, 2014

This note outlines issues about high cost credit lending and attempts to reform it. It looks at evidence from various academic research and other reports into the impact of the sector on individuals both here and abroad. It also looks at the opportunities for other lenders to enter the market and to offer more competition to the current market leaders. A section at the end of the paper looks at the implications and justifications for the cost of credit cap proposals published by the Financial Conduct Authority in July 2014.
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