Insight
Coronavirus: Increases to benefits payments
This Insight explores the increases in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit payments in response to the coronavirus crisis.
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Insight
Coronavirus: What does data show about men and women MPs in the hybrid Commons?
This Insight explores how the temporary hybrid model for proceedings affected the participation of women MPs.
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Constituency casework
Coronavirus: Claiming benefits during the crisis
What has changed for people claiming benefits during the coronavirus crisis? This page is no longer being updated.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus:Update implications for the further and higher education sectors
This House of Commons library briefing paper gives an update on developments since the earlier paper, Coronavirus: Implications for the further and higher education sectors in England, 17 April 2020 and includes information on the Government support package for universities and students which was announced on 4 May 2020, online delivery of undergraduate courses in 2020/21 and the re-opening of colleges.
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Insight
Coronavirus: Returning to work (2020)
The Prime Minister has announced modifications to the Government’s approach to the lockdown. Workers in England are now “encouraged” to go to work. This Insight will outline what the existing rules are on attending a workplace are and what rights workers have as it relates to health and safety.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Changes to practice and procedure in the UK and other parliaments
This Briefing Paper illustrates changes that have been made to procedures and practices in response to coronavirus in the House of Commons and a small selection of other parliaments.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Prisons (England and Wales)
On 27 April 2020 the Justice Secretary said that the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in prisons were lower than had been originally predicted and that prisons were coping and dealing well with the threat of covid-19.
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Insight
Mental Health Awareness Week: The impact of coronavirus on health and social care workers
This Insight considers the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of health and social care staff, and what measures have been put in place to support them.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Economic data March-May 2020 [ARCHIVED]
The coronavirus outbreak is causing significant disruption to the economy. Official economic data reflecting the initial impact was released in late April and May, but they won’t reflect the full impact of the virus and lockdown on the economy until late May and June. Until then, a range of other sources, such as business surveys and anecdotal information, can also be used to capture the impact of coronavirus on the economy. This briefing collates the economic data that is available into a single page.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: sanctions and humanitarian crises
Are sanctions against countries like Iran hindering them in their efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic?
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Insight
Coronavirus: How might devolution in England be affected?
2021 promises to be a significant year in the development of devolution in England. Is the coronavirus likely to setback those developments?
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Insight
Coronavirus: FAQs on postponed elections
Parliament passed emergency legislation to delay the elections because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Insight
Coronavirus: Protections from redundancy
This Insight looks at what protections employees have from redundancy during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Insight
Coronavirus: Support for local government
The Government has made several sources of financial support available to local authorities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Insight
Coronavirus: Parliamentary consent for the lockdown in England
This insight explains why MPs are now considering a motion to approve the legislation that underpins the current lockdown in England.
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