Research Briefing
Welfare Reform Bill: Committee Stage report
This is a report on the Committee Stage of the Welfare Reform Bill. It complements Research Papers 09/08 and 09/09 prepared for Commons Second Reading.
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Research Briefing
The Flexible New Deal
This note describes proposals for a flexible new deal. This would involve changes to the existing new deal programmes and the involvement of private and third sector organisations to provide personalised assistance to job seekers.
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Research Briefing
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU & African, Caribbean & Pacific countries
The European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have been renegotiating their relationship. A series of interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) were signed with a number of ACP countries towards the end of 2007, as well as a more comprehensive EPA with the Caribbean ACPs. This note updates with recent developments, and outlines some of the criticisms there have been of EPAs and the negotiations.
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Research Briefing
Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill
This Bill would amend section 8(5) of the Industrial Development Act 1982 and section 1(1) of the Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991. The Bill proposes to increase the total level of financial support to industry allowed under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982. The Bill also proposes to widen support provided by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) to include exports that have already taken place.
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Research Briefing
Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill [Bill of 12 of 2008-09]
The Bill provides for the annual uprating of statutory redundancy entitlements taking into account average weekly earnings. At present these entitlements are uprated in line with the retail prices index.
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Research Briefing
Working time directive:opt out from 48 hour limit on working week
Working time directive:opt out from 48 hour limit on working week. By Vincent Keter. SN/BT/2073.
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Research Briefing
Working Time Opt Out: Retained Firefighters
This note looks at the recent developments at EU level which may see the abolition of the opt-out provisions in the Working Time rules in respect of the 48 hour working week.
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Research Briefing
Scottish banknote issuance
This short note describes what legal tender means and what determines the acceptability, or otherwise, of Scottish banknotes in the rest of the United Kingdom.
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Research Briefing
Economic indicators, March 2009
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Article: Social aspects of recession]
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Research Briefing
Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill (Bill 13 of 2008-09)
The purpose of this Bill is to make the payment of rate relief for small businesses in England automatic. Currently, businesses have to apply to their billing authority once within each revaluation period (five years) to receive the relief during this period.
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Research Briefing
Saving Gateway Accounts Bill : Committee Stage report (Bill 3 of 2008-09)
This short Bill establishes a government subsidised savings scheme for people of working age on low incomes. The Saving Gateway has been trialled in several regions; the Bill establishes a scheme for the whole of the country.
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Research Briefing
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: apprenticeship and training provisions (Bill 55 2008-09)
This paper is one of two which examine the main proposals of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 2008-09. It deals with the provisions relating to apprenticeship and training, such as the introduction of a statutory framework for apprenticeships and a right for employees to request time to undertake training. See also Research Paper 09/15.
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