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.
A briefing on the constitutional and ceremonial events surrounding the Accession of King Charles III
What is the National Disability Strategy (NDS), how has it been received by disability groups and what is the legal situation?
Research Briefing
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.
Research Briefing
Household energy bills increased by 54% in April 2022 and were due to increase by a further 80% in October. The new Energy Price Guarantee will limit the October increase to 27%. This briefing looks at how and why prices have changed.
Research Briefing
The main recent policy developments regarding school meals in England, including the revised school food standards and provision of free school meals.
Research Briefing
In a vote in July 2016 the House of Commons approved the decision to maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent beyond the early 2030s. After almost a decade of work on the project, that vote subsequently enabled the programme to move forward into its manufacturing phase, which will see the construction of four new Dreadnought class ballistic missile submarines entering service in the 2030s.
Research Briefing
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.
Research Briefing
A briefing paper on the legal issues surrounding a Scottish independence referendum
Research Briefing
This briefing paper provides an overview of the current product safety regime in the UK.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper provides information on how to trace ownership of a property or piece of land, in the process it also provides a summary of land ownership and what is meant by registered and unregistered land. This paper is concerned with England and Wales only.
Research Briefing
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?
Research Briefing
This Commons Library briefing paper is a guide to understanding UK migration statistics. It explains the concepts and methods used in measuring migration and sets out a range of data on migration in the UK and in European Union countries.
Research Briefing
This note focuses on the debate about the impact of pension tax rules on some senior NHS staff
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