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Research Briefing
Summer Budget 2015: A summary
This note presents a summary of the Summer Budget 2015. This note provides an overview of the main Budget measures (see below), along with analysis of the forecasts, changes to the fiscal rules, changes to welfare, the National Living Wage, and public spending.
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Background to the July 2015 Budget
This note sets out the background to the July 2015 Budget, the first Budget of the current Parliament.
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Pensions 2015
An overview of pension reform issues at the start of the 2015 Parliament
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Research Briefing
Key Issues for the 2015 Parliament
This book examines the key issues facing the House of Commons over the course of the 2015 Parliament - from the public finances to the UK’s membership of the EU and from school places for children to climate change.
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Research Briefing
Constituency casework: Social security
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on constituency casework: social security, from 2015.
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Viral emails protesting about financial assistance for “illegal immigrants/refugees living in Britain”
A viral email claims that "illegal immigrants/refugees living in Britain" receive significantly more financial assistance from the Government than UK pensioners. The email originates from abroad and the figures quoted do not reflect the true situation in the United Kingdom.
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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
Pension Schemes Bill 2014-15 – House of Lords stages
A guide to the debates on the Pension Schemes Bill 2014-15 in the House of Lords
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Firefighters pension schemes – current reforms
Looks at the current debate on reforms to firefighters' pensions
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State Pension top up
Looks at the provisions in the Pensions Act 2014 to allow people who reach State Pension age before 6 April 2016 to pay voluntary class 3A National Insurance Contributions to increase their entitlement to the additional State Pension
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2015 Benefit uprating
State pension, benefit and tax credit increases in April 2015 - what the rates are and how are they are calculated.
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Pension Schemes Bill 2014-15 – House of Commons stages
A guide to debate in the House of Commons on a Bill to provide a new legislative framework for private pensions and make changes relating to the flexibilities for defined contribution pension savers to be introduced from April 2015
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