Research Briefing
Average Earnings: Key Economic Indicators
Average Earnings: Regularly updated data on average weekly earnings, including breakdowns by public and private sectors.
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Debate Pack
E-petitions debate: Pay and financial support for healthcare students
Information for the debate on e-petitions 610557, 616557, and 619609, which all relate to pay and financial support for nursing and healthcare students. A three-hour debate is scheduled in Westminster Hall for 20 November and will be led by Marsha De Cordova.
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Research Briefing
Whistleblowing and gagging clauses
This briefing covers legal protections for workers who whistleblow at work, as well as attempts to silence workers using settlement agreements
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Research Briefing
The gender pay gap
This briefing paper provides statistics on the size of the gender pay gap in the UK and how it varies by factors such as age, occupation and location.
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Research Briefing
Careers guidance in schools, colleges and universities (England)
This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks at the requirements on schools, colleges and universities in England to provide careers guidance, the quality of the advice provided, and also the organisations working to provide careers advice.
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Data dashboards
Constituency data: public sector employment
This page provides constituency-level data on the number and percentage of public sector employees in Great Britain.
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Research Briefing
Deprivation in English constituencies, 2019
This paper looks at relative levels of deprivation across constituencies in England, including which constituencies have become more deprived or less deprived relative to other areas.
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Research Briefing
Food Banks in the UK
The Trussell Trust, an anti-poverty charity that operates a network of food banks across the UK, reported a 37% increase in the number of three-day emergency food parcels it distributed between 31 March 2022 and 1 April 2023, compared to the year before.
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Research Briefing
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill – Lords Stages and Amendments
The Bill is scheduled for consideration of Lords amendments on 20 October 2023. This briefing covers significant amendments made during Lords stages
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Insight
Tourist taxes in the UK
Tourist taxes, on accommodation such as hotels and bed and breakfasts, have been suggested in many quarters as a new source of funding for local authorities.
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Research Briefing
Proposals to abolish the Work Capability Assessment
An overview of proposals to abolish the Work Capability Assessment first announced in March 2023
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Constituency casework
Claiming tax refunds through tax repayment agents
Find out about tax repayment agents, what they do, if you need to use one, what are the risks and what HMRC is doing about them.
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Research Briefing
Council tax: FAQs
This Briefing Paper provides a general introduction to council tax, a tax levied on domestic properties in England, Scotland and Wales. It explains what council tax is, who has to pay it, how council tax is calculated and set, and whether any exemptions or discounts may be available.
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Research Briefing
Council tax: empty properties
A briefing paper explaining how council tax is applied to empty properties in England, Scotland and Wales, including the 'empty homes premium'.
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Research Briefing
The Budget and the annual Finance Bill
This briefing examines the way that Parliament scrutinises the Government's proposals for taxation, set out in the annual Budget statement.
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