Youth unemployment statistics
This briefing presents the latest statistics on youth unemployment in the UK as well as comparisons with other OECD countries.
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) for the UK and by parliamentary constituency.
Constituency data: Universal Credit claimants
Explore constituency-level data on people claiming Universal Credit in Great Britain using our interactive dashboard.
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Research Briefing
Income inequality in the UK
This briefing covers trends in income inequality, the impact of the rising cost of living, and inequality between regions, ethnic groups and disability status.
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Research Briefing
National Insurance numbers (NINOs)
This note discusses the process by which National Insurance numbers (NINOs) are allocated and the uses to which they are put.
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Research Briefing
Poverty in the UK: statistics
This briefing explains UK poverty statistics, including historical trends and forecasts, and poverty by employment, tenure, ethnicity, disability and region.
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Research Briefing
Public sector pay
Public sector employees were able to receive average pay awards of between 3.25% and 4.5% in 2025/26. This is lower than the average pay awards in 2024/25, which were between 3.25% and 5.4%, but higher than the average pay awards seen in the last fifteen years. Since 2010, there have also been a number of pay freezes. Some individuals will receive higher or lower awards, as these figures represent average pay awards within departments.
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Research Briefing
The High Income Child Benefit Charge
The High Income Child Benefit Charge provides for Child Benefit to be clawed back through the tax system from families where the highest earner has an income in excess of a set threshold, now set at £60,000.
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Data dashboards,Research Briefing
Constituency data: Pension Credit claimants
Explore constituency-level data on state pensioners claiming Pension Credit in Great Britain using our interactive dashboard.
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Data dashboards,Research Briefing
Constituency data: Deprivation in England
Explore Indices of Deprivation data for constituencies and small areas in England using our interactive dashboard.
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Research Briefing
National Insurance contributions: an introduction
This note gives an introduction to National Insurance system, and the debate there has been about integrating National Insurance contributions (NICs) with income tax.
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Constituency casework
Social security complaints
How to complain to the Department for Work and Pensions or an organisation providing services on its behalf.
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Constituency casework
Getting a National Insurance number (NINO)
Find out how National Insurance numbers are issued in Great Britain and what to do if someone doesn’t have one or can’t find it.
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Constituency casework
Universal Credit information sources
Key Universal Credit resources for caseworkers.
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Research Briefing
Discretionary Housing Payments
Local authority Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) can provide additional financial assisance to households receiving the housing costs element of Universal Credit or Housing Benefit.
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