Research Briefing
Powers and protections for trees and hedges in the community
A briefing on powers to deal with issues caused by trees and hedges in the community and measures to protect them
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Research Briefing
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Key Economic Indicators
UK Gross Domestic Product: Regularly updated data on growth and forecasts.
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Research Briefing
Household Debt: Key Economic Indicators
Household debt: Data on the latest household debt statistics, including net lending, mortgage interest rates and insolvencies.
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Research Briefing
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill 2022-23
A Bill briefing on the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill 2022-23, which was introduced first in the House of Lords
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Research Briefing
Poverty in the UK: statistics
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.
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Research Briefing
The Accession of King Charles III
A briefing on the constitutional and ceremonial events surrounding the Accession of King Charles III
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Research Briefing
The National Disability Strategy 2021: Content and reaction
What is the National Disability Strategy (NDS), how has it been received by disability groups and what is the legal situation?
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Research Briefing
Rising cost of living in the UK
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.
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Research Briefing
Domestic energy prices
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.
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Debate Pack
Health and Social Care Levy
On 22 September 2022 the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced that the Government would introduce legislation to cancel the Health and Social Care Levy.
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Research Briefing
School meals and nutritional standards (England)
The main recent policy developments regarding school meals in England, including the revised school food standards and provision of free school meals.
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Research Briefing
Replacing the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent: Progress of the Dreadnought Class
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.
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Data Dashboard
The UK economy: a dashboard
This interactive dashboard shows data on economic growth, inflation, trade, employment, government borrowing and debt across the UK.
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Research Briefing
Key Employment Rights
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.
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Research Briefing
Scottish independence referendum: legal issues
A briefing paper on the legal issues surrounding a Scottish independence referendum
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