The Library has published a series of briefings on international dimensions of the coronavirus pandemic since March 2020, ranging from general surveys of its impact on developing countries to assessments of its effects in specific situations. Links to these briefings can be found here.
What will the "tilt to Indo-Pacific" mean for the UK armed forces?
This briefing discusses why the UK, US and EU have all voiced concern about politics in Uganda following elections in January 2021.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper examines suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in England, as well as Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Research Briefing
What equipment will be cut from the UK armed forces in the 2020s?
Research Briefing
This landing page features a new series of Commons Library briefings on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, and the subsequent Defence Command Paper, which were both published in March 2021.
Research Briefing
This paper provides links to Parliamentary activity on the topic of Global Britain and the Integrated Review. This includes ministerial statements and speeches, debates, select committee reports and Commons and Lords Library briefings.
Insight
The existing target of 82,000 personnel, set in 2015, has been scrapped.
Research Briefing
This paper summarises the key points of the Defence Command Paper 'Defence in a Competitive Age'.
Research Briefing
The Government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy: Global Britain in a Competitive Age, on 16 March 2021. Billed as the biggest review of the UK's defence and security since the end of the Cold War, it sets out the UK's approach to the expected challenges of the next decade.
Insight
Pay was increased by 2.0 per cent in 2020/21, but pay rises will be "paused" for 2021/22.
Research Briefing
The Ministry of Defence is reforming the service complaints system. This Commons Library paper explains the evolution of the system, the role of the Ombudsman, criticism and proposed reforms of the system.
Research Briefing
The UK Government is calling for unfettered humanitarian access and an end to the violence in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. This Commons Library paper sets out the situation in Tigray and how the conflict developed.
Research Briefing
The Government's Loneliness Strategy was published in October 2018. It set out a wide variety of cross-departmental measures that the Government would take to provide 'national leadership' to tackle loneliness in England. As well as explaining the Strategy and the steps taken so far by the Government, this briefing also looks at research into the causes and impact of loneliness and possible interventions. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on loneliness is also considered, alongside the measures introduced by the Government in response. Finally, this paper briefly outlines the situation in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Debate Pack
A debate on the "Publication of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy" has been scheduled for Tuesday 9 February 2021 in the main House of Commons Chamber. The debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Tobias Ellwood MP and John Spellar MP.
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