Research Briefing
Policing response to the 2024 summer riots
The police and the wider criminal justice system have responded swiftly to identify, charge and prosecute those involved in rioting in the UK this summer.
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Research Briefing
Flexible Working
This briefing provides an overview of the right to request flexible working. It explains the legal framework, charts the development of the right since its introduction and discusses government policy.
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Research Briefing
Amendments to the UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement
Parts of the UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement, which underpins nuclear cooperation between the two countries, were due to expire in December 2024.
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Research Briefing
The creative industries tax reliefs: Policy and development
The creative industries tax reliefs allow companies involved in the production of several artistic outputs to reduce their corporation tax liability. The first one was the film tax relief, and it was introduced in 2007.
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Research Briefing
Defence-related Parliamentary reports: 2010 to 2024
This briefing collates all the reports published by the Defence Committee, Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office between May 2010 and May 2024 and reflects the period the Conservative Party was in government.
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Research Briefing
The government’s response to the Windrush scandal
Redress schemes offering immigration/citizenship documents and financial compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal have been running for several years.
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Research Briefing
Reforming global institutions: Africa’s perspective
This briefing looks at African perspectives on reforming international institutions and the multilateral system.
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Research Briefing
Suicide prevention: schools and colleges
This briefing provides information on suicide prevention policy in schools and colleges in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Education policy is devolved, and there are different measures in place across the UK.
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Research Briefing
Suicide prevention: online platforms, print media and broadcasting
Ofcom enforces measures in the Online Safety Act to protect web users from suicide or self-harm content. It also regulates broadcast media, but not the press.
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Research Briefing
AUKUS pillar 2: Advanced capabilities
What advanced capabilities are the UK, Australia and the US developing under the AUKUS security partnership?
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Economic updates,Research Briefing
Economic update: Services exports outpace goods
The UK exported £153 billion more than it imported in services in 2023, but it imported £204 billion more than it exported in goods.
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Constituency casework,Research Briefing
Housing: Key resources for constituency casework in England
A guide to some reliable sources of information to help answer the most common constituents' housing questions.
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Research Briefing
Conflict in Ukraine: A Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression
Two years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, states continue to discuss setting up a tribunal dedicated to prosecuting aggression against Ukraine. This briefing outlines how a Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression may be set up, and progress to date.
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Research Briefing
Understanding uncertainty in climate change predictions
Predictions of the future effects of climate change must make assumptions about human decisions, describe a complex world, and include natural climate variation.
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Research Briefing
The service complaints system
The service complaints system enables serving and former personnel to complain about and seek redress on matters relating to their service.
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