Household Debt: Key Economic Indicators
Household debt: Data on the latest household debt statistics, including net lending, mortgage interest rates and insolvencies.
Dormant Assets Bill [HL] 2021-22
A Bill to expand the scope of an existing scheme that enables dormant assets to be spent on good causes. Commons second reading is scheduled for Monday 6 December.
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Autumn 2021 Budget: Economic Crime (Anti-Money Laundering) Levy
In the Autumn 2021 Budget the Government announced it would introduce a new levy to raise approximately £100 million per year to help fund anti-money laundering and economic crime reforms.
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Research Briefing
Economic crime in the UK: a multi-billion pound problem
Economic crime costs the UK billions of pounds per year. This briefing discusses the UK Government's efforts to tackle it, including its 2019-2022 Economic Crime Plan.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Support for businesses
An overview of initiatives to support businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Business interruption insurance
An overview of how business interruption insurance policies have been interpreted in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Research Briefing
Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions (England)
This paper outlines current and historic policies to assist homeowners who are struggling with their mortgage payments, and examines trends in mortgage arrears and repossessions.
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Research Briefing
Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [HL] 2021-22
The Bill seeks to support the wind-down of important financial services benchmarks, currently focusing on LIBOR. All House of Commons stages are scheduled for Thursday 18 November.
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Debate Pack
Promotion and regulation of financial products on Black Friday
A Westminster Hall debate on the promotion and regulation of financial products on Black Friday has been scheduled for Tuesday 23 November 2021 from 2.30 to 4pm. The debate has been initiated by Stella Creasy MP.
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Research Briefing
Taxation of banking
This Commons Library briefing looks at the public debate over the tax treatment of the banking sector in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, before discussing the different approaches taken in successive years by Labour, Coalition and Conservative Governments.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Business loans schemes
An overview of the development and rollout of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme, the Coronavirus Larger Business Interruption Loans Scheme and the Bounce Back Loans Scheme, including refinements and challenges, as well as the subsequent Recovery Loans Scheme.
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Insight
COP26: Delivering on $100 billion climate finance
The $100bn target for 2020 has probably been missed and will be a main issue at COP26 in November.
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Research Briefing
Insurance: frequently asked questions
Answers to the most common enquiries about insurance services
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Research Briefing
Company audits: problems and solutions
This briefing explains how audit works, the problems the industry faces and the Government's proposals for reform.
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Debate Pack
Access to cash
A Westminster Hall debate on ‘Access to cash’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 20 October 2021 from 2.30 to 4pm. The debate has been initiated by Alex Davies-Jones MP.
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