This briefing sets out information on the levels and rates of poverty in the UK, including historical trends and forecasts for future years, as well as poverty by employment status, tenure, ethnic group, disability, region, and constituency.
This briefing gives an overview of rising prices, particularly food, energy and fuel prices. It outlines Government support and how inflation, interest rates and other policies which will affect household budgets.
On 22 September 2022 the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced that the Government would introduce legislation to cancel the Health and Social Care Levy.
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This briefing provides an overview of a range of key statutory employment rights in Great Britain, including unfair dismissal, deduction from wages and working time.
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The UK introduced a "new points-based immigration system" for work and student visas to coincide with Brexit. How does the system work and what has the impact been on immigration?
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A summary of the announcements in the Chancellor's September 2022 fiscal statement and links to analysis and further reading.
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This paper provides statistics on household food insecurity, food bank usage and free school meals in the UK, and tracks the impact of rising living costs.
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A summary of the latest data on employment in the UK.
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House of Commons Library publications on the rising cost of living in the UK, including causes of inflation, the effect on households, and Government support.
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This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) for the UK and by parliamentary constituency.
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This paper provides the latest statistics and analysis of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and earnings in the UK.
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Average Earnings: Regularly updated data on average weekly earnings, including breakdowns by public and private sectors.
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This paper presents the latest statistics on youth unemployment in the UK as well as comparisons with other EU countries.
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