Debate Pack
Artist Visas
There will be a debate in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 4 September 2019 on ‘artist visas’ sponsored by Deidre Brock of the SNP.
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Research Briefing
Bank holidays: How are they created and changed?
As everyone prepares for this long weekend, a future bank holiday has sparked attention.
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Insight
Bank holidays: How are they created and changed?
As everyone prepares for this long weekend, a future bank holiday has sparked attention.
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Research Briefing
Self-employment in the construction industry
This note gives some background to the question of employment status and the difficulties it has caused in the construction sector, before discussing initiatives by both the Labour Government in 2009 and the Coalition Government in 2014, and more recent debates as to the possibility of a longer-term solution to this issue.
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Research Briefing
National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill 2017-19
The National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill, Bill 381 of 2017-19, was presented on 25 April 2018.
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Research Briefing
Zero-hours contracts: Rights, reviews and policy responses
There has been a rise in the number of workers aged 16-24 on zero-hour contracts.
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Insight
Zero-hours contracts: Rights, reviews and policy responses
There has been a rise in the number of workers aged 16-24 on zero-hour contracts.
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Debate Pack
Debate on a motion on the British house building industry
On 5 September 2019 there will be a debate on a motion on the British house building industry. The debate will take place in the main Chamber and will be led by Siobhain McDonagh.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, July 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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Research Briefing
EU preparations for a no-deal Brexit
The EU and the other 27 Member States have been preparing for a possible no-deal, or 'disorderly', Brexit. The European Commission has had a no-deal preparedness plan which is now complete, and the EU27 have also been implementing their own preparations which will take effect if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement at the end of October 2019. This paper looks at the EU preparedness programme and at some of the EU27 measures, particularly in the area of citizens' rights.
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Research Briefing
Direct recovery of tax debts
This note discusses the introduction of a new power, initially announced in the 2014 Budget, to allow HM Revenue & Customs’ to recover debts for both tax and tax credits directly from individuals’ bank and building society accounts.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, June 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole. In the latest quarter, there was a fall in unemployment levels and the unemployment rate remains at its joint lowest level since comparable records began in 1971. Despite employment levels increasing, the employment rate fell slightly from the previous quarter. Average pay continued to grow faster than inflation, with pay excluding bonuses growing at its fastest rate since 2008.
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Research Briefing
Making Tax Digital: Developments up to 2019
In December 2015 HM Revenue & Customs published Making Tax Digital - its strategy to implement a new system of digital tax accounts to be used by businesses, the self-employed and landlords. This briefing examines the development of this strategy up to 2019.
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Research Briefing
The UK’s EU Withdrawal Agreement
This briefing looks in detail at the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the EU and UK and finalised on 14 November 2018. It was endorsed by EU Member State leaders at a special European Council summit on 25 November and the UK Prime Minister promoted it in the UK Parliament and around the country. The Agreement was debated at length in Parliament on several occasions and has been voted on three times. But the House of Commons has not endorsed it. A second extension of Article 50 took exit day to 31 October 2019, but once again the UK is faced with the possibility of leaving the EU without an agreement if this agreement or another one is not ratified by the UK and the EU.
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Research Briefing
New Enterprise Allowance
The New Enterprise Allowance is a government scheme designed to help unemployed people who want to start their own business.
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