Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, March 2015
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment: Regional
Unemployment: Regional: Regional data on International Labour Organisation unemployment, the headline measure of unemployment.
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Research Briefing
Budget 2015: Background briefing
This note sets out the background to the 2015 Budget, the last of the current Parliament.
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Research Briefing
Remploy Employment Services
Remploy factories provided employment to 2,150 disabled people at 54 sites in 2011/12. Following the withdrawal of Government subsidies from March 2012, most factories have now closed but six have been sold to new owners. It was announced in March 2015 that Remploy will be established as a new company free from Government control in partnership with Remploy employees and MAXIMUS.
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Research Briefing
A short history of apprenticeships in England: from medieval craft guilds to the twenty-first century
Today marks the start of National Apprenticeships Week. We take a look back at how apprenticeships have changed over the last nine centuries. Master and apprentice: Middle ages to 1900 Apprenticeships in England can be traced back to the medieval craft guilds in the Middle Ages, originating from the custom of upper class parents sending
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, March 2015
This paper features analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators.
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Research Briefing
Youth Contract
The Youth Contract is a package of schemes, including Apprenticeship Grants for Employers and work experience. aimed at helping young people into sustained employment.
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Research Briefing
Why are people economically inactive?
The latest Labour Market Statistics released today show that unemployment in the UK is falling and the employment level and rate is now the highest it has been since comparable records began in 1971. However, another good indicator of the performance of the Labour Market is the level of economic inactivity. Economically inactive people are
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, February 2015
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics
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Research Briefing
Taxation of Pensions Bill – debates in Parliament
A guide to debates in Parliament on the Taxation of Pensions Bill 2014-15
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Research Briefing
The National Insurance Contributions Bill 2014-15: Parliamentary scrutiny
The National Insurance Contributions Bill 2014-15 would allow for both categories of National Insurance contributions (NICs) which are payable by the self-employed – Class 2 and Class 4 – to be collected through self assessment from April 2016. The Bill would also extend existing tax rules regarding ‘accelerated payments’ and ‘high-risk’ tax promoters to NICs, and introduce a Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rule to prevent the avoidance of NICs by ‘intermediaires’.
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Research Briefing
Employers’ duties to prevent illegal working
Members of Parliament sometimes receive enquiries from constituents about employers’ duties to conduct ‘right to work’ checks. This note provides an overview of the relevant legislation and Home Office policy guidance, and recent scrutiny of enforcement action taken by the Home Office against illegal employment.
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Research Briefing
Draft Scotland Clauses: summary
The Government has published draft clauses on further devolution to Scotland, taking forward the Smith Commission Agreement. This note provides a summary.
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