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Economy and business

  • Research Briefing

    Food Banks in the UK

    Thursday, 14 July, 2022

    The Trussell Trust, a charity working to end the need of food banks, has reported a 15% drop in the number of three-day emergency food parcels it distributed between 31 March 2021 and 1 April 2022, compared to the year before. This was still an increase of 14% compared to the year 2019-2020, before the pandemic. In 2021-22 it distributed 2.1 million food parcels in the UK.

    • Research Briefing
    • Environment
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill 2022-23

    Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

    This briefing paper provides information on the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill 2022-23, introduced in the House of Commons by Dean Russell MP as a Private Member's Bill on 15 June 2022. The paper lays out the background, content and commentary on the Bill.

    • Research Briefing
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill 2022-23

    Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

    This briefing paper provides information on the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill 2022-23, introduced in the House of Commons by Stuart C McDonald MP as a Private Member's Bill on 15 June 2022. The paper lays out the background, content and commentary on the Bill.

    • Research Briefing
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Trade: Key Economic Indicators

    Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

    Latest statistics on UK's trade performance and balance of payments

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • International trade
    • Economic indicators
  • Research Briefing

    Waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines

    Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

    To meet demand for Covid-19 vaccines, some countries have argued for a waiver on intellectual property rights for vaccines. This paper sets out the debate.

    • Research Briefing
    • International development
    • International trade
    • Medicine
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Components of GDP: Key Economic Indicators

    Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

    Components of GDP: data on the components that make up GDP, including household consumption, government spending, investment, trade and output by sector.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • Economic indicators
  • Research Briefing

    Ukraine crisis

    Tuesday, 12 July, 2022

    This page features Commons Library publications relevant to the current crisis in Ukraine.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Aviation
    • Business
    • Culture, media and sport
    • Defence policy
    • Economic situation
    • Economy
    • Energy
    • EU institutions
    • Europe
    • Finance
    • Immigration
    • International development
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • International trade
    • Press and media
    • The EU
    • Transport
  • Research Briefing

    Civil law: debt enforcement

    Tuesday, 12 July, 2022

    This briefing paper provides an overview of the different types of civil law debt enforcement methods available to a judgment creditor in England and Wales.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Civil law
  • Research Briefing

    The UK’s fiscal targets

    Monday, 11 July, 2022

    Since the 1990s UK governments have adopted targets to guide their management of the public finances. Here we look at the UK's fiscal targets, or fiscal rules, and the Treasury's wider policy for managing the public finances.

    • Research Briefing
    • Public spending
    • Tax
  • Research Briefing

    Access to transport for disabled people

    Monday, 11 July, 2022

    This paper explains the legislative frameworks and policies that apply to public transport users with disabilities or reduced mobility.

    • Research Briefing
    • Aviation
    • Disability
    • Rail
    • Transport
  • Debate Pack

    E-petition 597171, relating to the hunting of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands

    Monday, 11 July, 2022

    A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall at 6.00pm on Monday 11 July 2022 on e-petition 597171, relating to the hunting of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands. The subject for the debate has been nominated by the Petitions Committee, and the debate will be opened by John Nicholson MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Economy
    • Farming and fishing
    • International trade
    • Sciences
  • Research Briefing

    The Barnett formula and fiscal devolution

    Monday, 11 July, 2022

    This briefing looks at how the Barnett formula works and includes a brief summary of the debate surrounding the formula.

    • Research Briefing
    • Devolution
    • Public spending
  • Insight

    One-off cash payments: Economic Impact Payments in the United States

    Monday, 11 July, 2022

    What can be learnt from the US experience of Economic Impact Payments since 2020 for cost-of-living support?

    • Insight
    • Americas
    • Economic policy
  • Research Briefing

    Bankruptcy

    Friday, 08 July, 2022

    This briefing paper provides a outline of bankruptcy procedures in England and Wales. It also considers a call for evidence on the personal insolvency framework launched by the Insolvency Service in July 2022.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
  • Research Briefing

    Careers guidance in schools, colleges and universities (England)

    Friday, 08 July, 2022

    This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks at the requirements on schools, colleges and universities in England to provide careers guidance, the quality of the advice provided, and also the organisations working to provide careers advice.

    • Research Briefing
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes

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