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Work and incomes

  • Research Briefing

    Employment by Country of Birth and Nationality

    Friday, 13 November, 2020

    This Commons Library briefing paper analyses data on employment in the UK by country of birth and nationality. The briefing compares data from 1997 to 2020 and explains how figures for employment by nationality can differ to those for employment by country of birth.

    • Research Briefing
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Productivity: Key Economic Indicators

    Thursday, 12 November, 2020

    Latest statistics showing changes in UK productivity and comparisons of UK productivity with other G7 countries.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • Work and incomes
    • Economic indicators
  • Research Briefing

    Average earnings by age and region

    Tuesday, 10 November, 2020

    This statistical note shows how average earnings have changed over time by region of the UK and for different age groups.

    • Research Briefing
    • Work and incomes
    • Local data
    • Work and incomes data
  • Research Briefing

    National Insurance numbers (NINOs)

    Monday, 09 November, 2020

    This note discusses the process by which National Insurance numbers (NINOs) are allocated and the uses to which they are put, before discussing the background to the introduction of the 'Right to Work' test for individuals requiring a NINO for employment purposes.

    • Research Briefing
    • National Insurance
    • Tax
    • Social security
  • Research Briefing

    Public Sector Exit Payment Cap

    Thursday, 05 November, 2020

    This Commons Library Briefing Paper discusses the new public sector exit payment cap that comes into force in November 2020. In particular, it considers how the cap could impact lower-income workers and the circumstances in which the cap can be relaxed.

    • Research Briefing
    • Local government
    • Pensions
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Food Banks in the UK

    Wednesday, 04 November, 2020

    Please note: for information on accessing food banks and food parcels during the pandemic please see our briefing Coronavirus: Support for household finances. For an account of developments in food bank activity over the crisis period see section 7 of this paper, Food Banks in the UK. Recent research means we have increasing amounts of data on food banks, giving us a fuller picture of their provision across the UK, and providing a more detailed picture of the characteristics of food bank users.

    • Research Briefing
    • Environment
    • Work and incomes
  • Insight

    Contributory benefits and social insurance in the UK

    Thursday, 29 October, 2020

    Spending on contributory benefits accounts for around 9% of social security expenditure on working-age adults and children.

    • Insight
    • Benefits
    • Pensions
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    National Minimum Wage Statistics

    Monday, 26 October, 2020

    This briefing looks at trends in the value of the UK National Minimum Wage, the number of jobs paid at the National Minimum Wage and how the National Minimum Wage compares internationally.

    • Research Briefing
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    The High Income Child Benefit Charge

    Thursday, 15 October, 2020

    The High Income Child Benefit Charge provides for Child Benefit to be clawed back through the tax system from families where the highest earner has an income in excess of £50,000.

    • Research Briefing
    • Family benefits
    • Tax
    • Social security
  • Insight

    Coronavirus: Support for workers during local lockdowns

    Thursday, 15 October, 2020

    What support is available following new business restrictions and what's Parliament's role?

    • Insight
    • Business
    • Diseases
    • Parliament
    • Work and incomes
    • Covid-19
  • Debate Pack

    Fire and re-hire tactics: Opposition Day debate

    Tuesday, 13 October, 2020

    An Opposition Day debate was scheduled on the subject of 'Fire and re-hire tactics' on Wednesday 14th October 2020.

    • Debate Pack
    • Business
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Scotland: Public spending and revenue

    Friday, 09 October, 2020

    Public spending and taxation in Scotland was a hotly debated issue in the run up to the Scottish independence referendum, and has remained so since. A range of statistics exist on the subject: here we look at what these say and how they are measured.

    • Research Briefing
    • Devolution
    • Economic policy
    • Public spending
    • Tax
  • Research Briefing

    VAT on tourism

    Tuesday, 29 September, 2020

    This note gives a short introduction to the way VAT works, and the significance of EU VAT law for setting VAT rates, before discussing the campaign for a lower VAT rate on tourist services and the Government's introduction of a temporary 5% rate in July 2020.

    • Research Briefing
    • Industry
    • Tax
  • Data Dashboard

    Constituency data: Indices of deprivation

    Monday, 21 September, 2020

    This page provides constituency-level data on deprivation in England.

    • Data Dashboard
    • Communities
    • Work and incomes
    • Local data
    • People and places data
    • Social security
  • Research Briefing

    Tax avoidance: a General Anti-Abuse Rule

    Thursday, 17 September, 2020

    UK tax law is specifically targeted rather than purposive: in tackling the exploitation of loopholes in the law, governments have legislated against individual avoidance schemes as and when these have come to light. This note looks at the case that has been made recently for a general anti-avoidance rule, and the Coalition Government's introduction of a 'narrower' General Anti-Abuse Rule in 2013.

    • Research Briefing
    • Tax

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