Research Briefing
Minimum pension age
Looks at the rules on the 'normal minimum pension age', which is the earliest age from which individuals can access workplace or personal pensions, and measures To increase it from 55 to 57 from 2028
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Community infrastructure levy
This briefing explained the method of financing infrastructure for new development through the community infrastructure levy.
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Research Briefing
Developer contributions
This briefing explains how local planning authorities in England can secure developer contributions: through section 106 agreements and the community infrastructure levy.
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Research Briefing
‘Stolen Valour’: An international comparison
Stolen valour involves falsely claiming military service, rank or medallic recognition with the intent to deceive. It could even involve stealing someone else’s identity.
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Research Briefing
Ukraine: The Swiss Peace Summit and what comes next?
A Summit on Peace in Ukraine was held in Switzerland on 15 and 16 June 2024.
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Research Briefing
Housing and net zero
This briefing considers the approach to housing, energy efficiency and net zero, providing an overview of government policy and commentary on these issues.
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Building regulations and safety
This briefing discusses building regulations and standards for building safety as well as the government's response to the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Planning for nationally significant infrastructure projects
This briefing sets out the decision-making rules for nationally significant infrastructure projects. They require a type of consent called development consent.
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Research Briefing
Revocation of planning permission
This briefing provides information on the rarely-used powers of local planning authorities and the Secretary of State to revoke planning permission.
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Research Briefing
Constituency statistics: archive for 2010-24 constituency boundaries
An archive of data about the 2010-24 Westminster parliamentary constituencies, covering topics including demography, housing, incomes, and MPs' activities in parliament
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Research Briefing
How is a government formed?
The Prime Minister advises the Monarch who should become members of the government. By convention, ministers will be MPs or members of the House of Lords.
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Data dashboards,Research Briefing
Constituency data: broadband coverage and speeds
Browse local data to see how broadband connectivity and speeds vary in different parts of the UK
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Data dashboards,Research Briefing
Constituency data: electorates
Constituency-level data on electorates in the UK, including data for both the parliamentary and the local government franchise
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Research Briefing
How are life peers created?
Most members of the House of Lords are life peers, rather than hereditary peers or Lords Spiritual. What is the process for creating new life peerages?
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How is a Speaker elected?
Business cannot begin in the House of Commons until it has elected one of its MPs to be Speaker – its presiding officer.
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