Research Briefing
Railways: Central Railway
This note gives information on the proposed freight railway linking Liverpool and Glasgow with northern France, via the Channel Tunnel. The scheme has been stalled since 2006.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Royal Mail services, 2003-
This note explains the end of Royal Mail rail services in 2004 and the rapid resumption of services with a different freight company later the same year.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Cairngorm Funicular Railway
This Note briefly describes the problems surrounding the replacement of the Cairngorm chair lift with a funicular railway in 2001.
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Research Briefing
Claimant count unemployment in the new (2010) parliamentary constituencies
New parliamentary constituency boundaries will be used at the General Election on 6 May 2010. This paper presents data from the labour market statistics currently available for these constituencies, including Job Seeker's Allowance claimant levels in 2005, 2009 and 2010, Job Seeker's Allowance claimant rates, long-term claimants, claimants aged 24 and under, and vacancies recorded at Jobcentre Plus. The data in the paper are not seasonally adjusted, and are available on a monthly basis from 2004.
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Research Briefing
The credit crisis:a timeline
This Briefing Paper provides a brief summary of the financial crisis, or credit crunch, of 2008 followed by a lengthy timeline of individual events.
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Research Briefing
UK Public Opinion on the European Union
This Note provides links to a selection of opinion polls showing UK views on different aspects of our membership of the European Union.
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Research Briefing
Stability & Growth Pact
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on the Stability & Growth Pact from 2010.
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Research Briefing
Digital Economy Bill: amendments
This brief note provides some background to amendments that have been tabled in relation to the Digital Economy Bill, Bill 89 2009-10.
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Research Briefing
Aviation: Open Skies
This note outlines the bilateral aviation agreements between the Uk and the United States and the Open Skies agreement between the EU and the US which superseded it.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Greater Western franchise, 2006
This short note looks at the terms of the Greater Western franchise which was taken over by First Group on 1 April 2006.
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Research Briefing
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
This note outlines the background to and scope of the financial services compensation scheme (FSCS). Significant changes were made to the scheme in the summer of 2007 following the emergence of financial difficulties at the Northern Rock bank and in October 2008 following continued difficulties in the UK banking sector.
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Research Briefing
Economic indicators, April 2010
A research paper series that summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Article: 'Summary of Budget 2010']
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Research Briefing
Railways: Strategic Rail Authority, 1998-2005
This Note describes the setting up of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), the background to it, its functions and powers as set out in the Transport Act 2000 and its abolition in 2005.
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Research Briefing
Railways: 2004 White Paper
This note summarises the White Paper The Future of Rail published on 15 July 2004.
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