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Welfare and pensions

  • Research Briefing

    Suicide prevention: Policy and strategy

    Tuesday, 15 August, 2023

    This briefing paper considers suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in some key policy areas.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Benefits policy
    • Civil law
    • Criminal law
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Local government
    • Press and media
    • Prisons
    • Rail
    • Schools
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Support for Mortgage Interest loans

    Wednesday, 02 August, 2023

    The Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan scheme helps households on means-tested benefits with the interest costs of mortgages and certain other home loans.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing benefits
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Debate Pack

    Universal Credit deductions

    Tuesday, 18 July, 2023

    A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 9:30am on Wednesday 19 July on deductions to Universal Credit. The debate will be opened by Chris Stephens.

    • Debate Pack
    • Benefits policy
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Housing and the cost of living

    Thursday, 13 July, 2023

    This paper considers the impact of inflation on rent and mortgage payments and the Government response.

    • Research Briefing
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing benefits
    • Rented housing
  • Research Briefing

    The NHS workforce in England

    Friday, 07 July, 2023

    This briefing covers the NHS workforce in England, including key targets, recruitment and retention issues, workforce planning and Government policy.

    • Research Briefing
    • Health services
    • Pensions
    • Work and incomes
  • Debate Pack

    Pension retirement age for construction workers

    Thursday, 06 July, 2023

    A Westminster Hall debate on the pension retirement age for construction workers will take place on Wednesday 12 July 2023, from 4.30pm. The debate will be led by Owen Thompson MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Pensions
  • Insight

    Why am I paying an empty homes premium on my council tax?

    Tuesday, 04 July, 2023

    What is the empty homes premium, when does it apply and what plans are there to extend it to second homes?

    • Insight
    • Home ownership
    • Housing benefits
  • Debate Pack

    Estimates Day debate: The spending of the Department for Work and Pensions

    Friday, 30 June, 2023

    The House of Commons will consider the estimates of public spending by the Department for Work and Pensions.

    • Debate Pack
    • Benefits policy
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Public service pension increases

    Tuesday, 27 June, 2023

    Covers arrangements for annual increases of public service pensions in payment

    • Research Briefing
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Support for UK Veterans

    Monday, 19 June, 2023

    This briefing paper details the support available to armed forces veterans in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Defence
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Housing and planning
    • Pensions
    • Rented housing
  • Research Briefing

    War widows’ pensions

    Friday, 16 June, 2023

    Looks at the change in the rules to allow all people in receipt of a War Widow(er)s' Pension in April 2015 to keep it for life (regardless of remarriage or cohabitation) and at the campaign for reinstatement of pensions already surrendered

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Defence
    • Pensions
  • Constituency casework

    Benefit Cap

    Wednesday, 14 June, 2023

    What benefits are included in the cap, how it is applied, and who is exempt.

    • Constituency casework
    • Welfare and pensions
    • Working age benefits
    • Social security
  • Research Briefing

    Pensions of ministers and senior office holders

    Friday, 09 June, 2023

    This note looks at developments in the pension arrangements for ministers and senior office holders

    • Research Briefing
    • Government
    • Parliament
    • Pensions
  • Constituency casework

    Benefit support for housing costs when renting from relatives

    Tuesday, 06 June, 2023

    Entitlement to the housing costs element of Universal Credit or Housing Benefit when renting from, but not living with, a close relative.

    • Constituency casework
    • Benefits
    • Housing benefits
    • Welfare and pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Informal carers

    Friday, 02 June, 2023

    A briefing on informal carers in the UK. It includes information on their rights, benefits, support, and Government policy, as well as issues they face.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children's social services
    • Disability
    • Schools
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Work and incomes

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