Insight
World Mental Health Day: Rising cost of living and mental health
How can financial situations affect mental health and what can we learn from past economic events?
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Research Briefing
Afghanistan: One year under a Taliban government
One year after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan the country faces a multitude of political, economic and humanitarian crises. The security situation is increasing fragile and human rights abuses, particularly of women and girls, is widely documented.
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Research Briefing
Public spending: a brief introduction
The UK’s public sector spent £1,060 billion in 2021/22, down from £1,104 billion the year before. This briefing describes the different ways in which public spending is categorised, and presents statistics and commentary on recent spending in each category.
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Research Briefing
September 2022 fiscal statement: A summary
A summary of the announcements in the Chancellor's September 2022 fiscal statement and links to analysis and further reading.
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Research Briefing
Food poverty: Households, food banks and free school meals
This paper provides statistics on household food insecurity, food bank usage and free school meals in the UK, and tracks the impact of rising living costs.
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Insight
Economic update: Much for the new Chancellor to consider
How could the Chancellor’s fiscal statement, or “mini-Budget”, affect rising inflation?
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Constituency casework
Cost of living support for students
Find out what support is available to students across the UK to help with their living costs.
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Insight
The impact of high inflation on benefit claimants
Benefit claimants are experiencing a reduction in the real value of their payments at a time when rising inflation is hitting low-income households the hardest.
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Research Briefing
Background to the September 2022 fiscal statement
This briefing sets out the background to the Chancellor’s fiscal statement, which is expected on 23 September 2022.
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Research Briefing
Financial services: contribution to the UK economy
Financial services: key statistics on output, jobs, trade and tax in the UK.
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Insight
Economic update: New Prime Minister faces challenging economic outlook
With inflation over 10% in July, interest rates are at their highest since 2009.
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Research Briefing
China and the US in the Middle East: Iran and the Arab Gulf
How influential is China in the Middle East, and what does its engagement mean for US influence?
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Research Briefing
Armed forces pay 2022/23
How is armed forces pay decided? This briefing explains the process, discusses recent pay increases and the planned review of pay.
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Research Briefing
Procurement statistics: a short guide
One of the ways in which the Government achieves its goals is to buy goods and services. This is called procurement, and covers a wide range of things, from the purchase of printer paper to commissioning social care. This is a short guide to the main sources of procurement statistics for the UK, with headline figures.
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Insight
Economic update: Records broken as prices rise
The rise in inflation is outpacing almost all predictions and consumers are buying less.
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