Research Briefing
Poverty in the UK: statistics
This briefing explains UK poverty statistics, including historical trends and forecasts, and poverty by employment, tenure, ethnicity, disability and region.
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Research Briefing
Direct taxes: rates and allowances 2023/24
This briefing sets out direct tax rates and principal tax allowances for the 2023/24 tax year.
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Research Briefing
Mileage Allowance Payments
This briefing discusses the topic of Mileage Allowance Payments (MAPs) and Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) in the UK. It explains how the current rates work, how they have evolved over the years, and any calls for them to be changed.
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Research Briefing
Alcohol taxation: Government policy up to 2020
This briefing looks at the way alcoholic drinks are taxed, and recent proposals made by the Government for reform.
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Research Briefing
Fiscal drag: An explainer
This briefing looks at fiscal drag in the context of taxation in the UK, focusing on income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) rates being frozen.
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Research Briefing
The new alcohol duty system
A new alcohol duty system will be implemented on 1 August 2023. This briefing discusses the current and new duty regime, and how the new system has been developed.
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Constituency casework,Research Briefing
Active Travel FAQs
This paper covers some of the most frequently asked questions on cycling, walking, e-scooters and low traffic neighbourhoods.
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Research Briefing
Petrol and diesel prices
Prices of petrol and diesel increased rapidly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They peaked at new record highs in July 2022. In mid March 2023 the UK had the 11th highest petrol and 3rg highest diesel prices in the EU+UK.
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Research Briefing
Supporting Families Programme
The Supporting Families (previously Troubled Families) Programme aims to support families with multiple disadvantages who can experience poor life outcomes.
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Research Briefing
Pension tax relief: The annual allowance and lifetime allowance
This briefing discusses changes to the lifetime and annual allowances - which limit tax relief on pension savings.
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Research Briefing
The Northern Ireland border
A briefing paper charting the creation and development of the Northern Ireland border
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2021: personal allowance and higher rate threshold
In the 2021 Budget the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the income tax personal allowance and the higher rate threshold would be frozen for four years from 2022/23 to 2025/26.
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Research Briefing
The Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill 2022-23
The Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 8 March 2023.
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Debate Pack
Use of unpaid work trials
There will be Westminster Hall debate on the use of unpaid work trials on Wednesday 29 March 2023 at 4.30pm. The debate will be led by Mr Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP.
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Research Briefing
Strikes and minimum service laws in Europe
This briefing, based on responses from other parliamentary libraries, gives an overview of the right to strike across Europe including any minimum service laws
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