Research Briefing
Background to the 2011 Budget
This note sets out the background to the 2011 Budget which will take place on Wednesday, 23 March.
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Research Briefing
Welfare to work programmes: an overview
This note provides an overview of the main back-to-work schemes that offer support to unemployed individuals in their job search. The system is currently in a state of transition between the New Deal programmes of the previous Government and the Coalition Government's policy of replacing them with a new scheme called the Work Programme by summer 2011.
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Research Briefing
The 2010 Autumn Statement
This note provides background on the 2010 Autumn Statement which will be presented to the House by the Chancellor on monday 29 November.
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Research Briefing
Cost of a bank holiday
The latest Government estimate is that an additional bank holiday would cost the economy £2.9 billion.
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Research Briefing
Postal Services Bill [Bill 78 of 2010-11]
This Paper has been prepared for the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons of the Postal Services Bill. The Bill has four main parts. Part 1 provides for changes to the ownership structure of Royal Mail Holdings plc and its subsidiaries (including Post Office Ltd). Part 2 provides for Royal Mail’s historic pension deficit to be transferred to government. Part 3 provides for changes in the regulatory arrangements for postal services and Part 4 provides for a “special administration regime” should there be a risk to the universal postal service from the possibility of the provider becoming insolvent.
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Research Briefing
Background to the 2010 Spending Review
This note sets out the background to the Spending Review which will take place on 20 October.
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Research Briefing
The outcome of the 2010 Spending Review
This note summarises the main measures of the 2010 Spending Review.
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Research Briefing
G20 & the November 2010 Seoul summit
The G20 has met at leaders' level since November 2008. The second summit in 2010 takes place in Seoul in November. This note provides background to the G20, outcomes of summits so far, the agenda for Seoul, and the G8/G20 relationship.
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Research Briefing
June 2010 Budget: a summary
This note provides a summary of the main points of the 2010 Budget and the initial reaction to it.
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Research Briefing
Background to the June 2010 Budget
This note gives the economic, public finance and taxation background to the June 2010 Budget
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Research Briefing
Global Economic Crisis & developing countries
This note was last published on 26 August 2009 and will not be updated. In the early stages of the financial crisis there were hopes that it would be largely contained within developed economies, with developing economies having 'decoupled' from them. These early hopes proved unfounded, with developing countries struck by declining trade, a loss of investor confidence and withdrawal of investment, a fall in the value of vital remittances, and much reduced growth and contraction in some cases. There are also fears that aid flows may suffer in the aftermath of the crisis. This note summarises key reports and statistics, with links to further resources.
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Research Briefing
The 2010 Budget
This note summarises the main points in the 2010 Budget and the reaction to it.
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Research Briefing
Background to the 2010 Budget
This note sets out the economic and public finance background to the 2010 Budget.
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Research Briefing
Background to the 2009 Pre-Budget Report
This note provides the economic and public finance background to the 2009 Pre-Budget Report.
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Research Briefing
The 2009 Pre-Budget Report
This note sets out the main features of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report and the reaction to it.
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