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In the July 2015 Budget the Government proposed scrapping the Climate Change Levy exemption which applies to electricity generated by renewable sources. Subsequently in the March 2016 Budget it announced that the rates of the levy would be increased in 2019, following the abolition of the Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme. This paper discusses the background to these measures.
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This paper contains claimant count figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
Debate Pack
This Library Debate Pack provides background to the forthcoming debate on the introduction of the National Living Wage and changes to employee contracts.
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Since April 2014, unemployed people leaving the Work Programme are required to participate in a new scheme, Help to Work.
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The Work Programme is the Government's main welfare-to-work scheme, designed to tackle long-term unemployment in Great Britain.
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Between 2010 and 2015, apprenticeship starts numbers rose sharply, to 2.4 million in 2015. The Government has also committed to creating 3 million additional apprenticeship starts by 2020 and recently highlighted the increasing number of people aged under 19 years taking up apprenticeships since August 2015. However, recent analysis by the Social Mobility and Child
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The Government announced a new National Living Wage at the 2015 Summer Budget, to be introduced in April 2016. This note gives a brief overview of the possible impact, including numbers of employees affected.
Debate Pack
This note provides background material for a Westminster Hall debate on 23 March 2016
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A summary of Budget 2016 and the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecasts for the economy and public finances.
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This paper contains claimant count figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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The briefing sets out the background to the 2016 Budget which will take place on Wednesday 16 March 2016.
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This note provides Members of Parliament and their staff with information related to frequently asked questions from constituents about training.
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This paper discusses the proposals made by the Smith Commission - in its report published in November 2014 - for further devolution of power to the Scottish Government, in relation to taxation, funding and borrowing, and the Government’s plans for their implementation.
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The National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill 2015-16 would prevent any increase in the current rates of Class 1 National Insurance contributions paid by employees and employers for the duration of the 2015-20 Parliament. It would also provide that the Upper Earnings Limit could not exceed the higher rate threshold - the sum of the personal allowance and the basic rate limit - as proposed by the Government in its pre-Budget proposals.
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