Research Briefing
The cost of motor insurance: impact of the Vnuk case
The impact of the Vnuk case on UK motor insurance premiums, and proposals for amending the law.
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Research Briefing
Right to Repair Regulations
This briefing paper provides an overview of the new Right to Repair Regulations.
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Research Briefing
University admissions 2021
A levels were cancelled again in 2021 due to the pandemic. Final grades were awarded based on teacher assessments. This resulted in a large increase in the number of top grades awarded. What impact did this have on the number of students starting in 2021 and on the number of places and accommodation available? How might teaching at the start of the academic year be affected by the pandemic?
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Research Briefing
Reforms to the coroner service in England and Wales
This Commons Library briefing paper provides information about the coroner service in England and Wales, provisions in the Judicial Review and Courts Bill which deal with coroners, and recommendations which have been made for further action and reform.
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Research Briefing
Student finance in England: How much would it cost to bring back grants?
What is the hypothetical effect of reintroducing a means-tested grant for undergraduates, of up to £3,000 a year.
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Research Briefing
Student finance in England: Extending the loan term and increasing the repayment rates
A 35 year loan term could cut the cost of loans to the taxpayer by £1.5 billion, and a 10% repayment rate could cut the cost by £0.7 billion.
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Research Briefing
Student finance in England: Impact of reducing the fee cap
Reducing the fee cap for undergraduates to £7,500 per year would mainly benefit higher earning borrowers, particularly men.
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Research Briefing
Student finance in England: Impact of lowering the repayment threshold
A hypothetical cutting of the threshold to £25,000 would result in middle earners having the largest absolute increase in repayments of any income group.
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Research Briefing
Student finance in England: Impact of increasing the loan interest rate
A hypothetical 1 percentage point (ppt) increase would lead to higher repayments from richer graduates (borrowers), mainly men, in their 40s and 50s.
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Research Briefing
Student finance in England: How much do graduates pay back?
How do graduates (borrowers) pay back their undergraduate loans and how does it differs depending on their earnings?
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Research Briefing
Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) Covid-19 vaccine: Recognition of batches manufactured in India
This briefing provides an overview of the regulatory concerns associated with batches of the Vaxzevria (previously called AstraZeneca) vaccine that were manufactured in India and the associated travel issues.
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Research Briefing
Infant cremation
This Commons Library briefing paper considers actions taken both in Scotland and in England and Wales to to ensure that, where possible, ashes are available from infant cremations and are returned to parents.
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Research Briefing
The general power of competence
An explanation of the 'general power of competence' available to local authorities and other bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Research Briefing
Parish and town councils: recent issues
An overview of the structures and functions of parish and town councils, plus discussion of policy issues in the 2010s and early 2020s.
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Research Briefing
Opposition Day Debate: Effect of Government policy on the finances of working people
On Tuesday 21 September there will be an Opposition Day Debate on the "Effect of Government policy on the finances of working people"
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