No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research
The No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research is an annotated bibliography of sources published by the House of…
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Welfare & Pensions
Suicide Prevention: Policy and Strategy
This House of Commons Library briefing paper examines suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and…
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Rough sleepers: access to services and support (England)
Rough sleepers are one of the most vulnerable groups in society, many with high levels of complex and interrelated needs.…
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Performance of child maintenance service in recovering payments from absent parents
On Wednesday 2 October, there will be a Westminster Hall debate at 4.30pm entitled “Performance of child maintenance service in…
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State Pension – deductions for contracting-out
This note looks at the interaction between contracted-out pensions and the state pension…
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Constituency data: Personal Independence Payment
Interactive dashboard providing the latest data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by constituency…
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Support for family and friends carers looking after children
This House of Commons Library briefing paper considers what help is available for grandparents and other family and friends carers…
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Brexit – implications for private pensions
An overview of implications of Brexit for workplace and personal pensions…
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Constituency data: people claiming unemployment benefits
Explore constituency-level data on people claiming unemployment benefits using the interactive dashboard…
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Tax treatment of DC pensions on death
Looks at changes to the tax treatment of unused pension funds on death, introduced as part of the ‘pension freedoms’,…
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Mineworkers’ pensions
Covers the arrangements made for mineworkers’ pensions following privatisation of British Coal in 1994.…
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Workplace Pensions: FAQs for MPs
This briefing paper answers FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about personal and workplace defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements (where…
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How can EU nationals access UK benefits?
What are the rules for EU nationals accessing UK benefits, including Universal Credit, and how might they be affected by Brexit?…
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The Universal Credit assessment period and earned income
This Commons Library briefing looks at the problems working Universal Credit claimants can experience because of the assessment period rules,…
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People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, June 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well…
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Pension Scams
This briefing paper provides information on how to spot pension scams and aims to answer some of the frequently asked…
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