Research Briefing
Following 2025 elections, Iraq has new leaders. Challenges include curbing Iranian influence, curtailed oil production and disagreements among Kurdish leaders.
Research Briefing
This briefing explains the misclassification of weekend-only courses as in-person by some universities, leading to students being incorrectly awarded student finance payments.
Research Briefing
This note discusses the process by which National Insurance numbers (NINOs) are allocated and the uses to which they are put.
Research Briefing
A briefing on how the First Minister of Wales is nominated and appointed.
Research Briefing
A briefing on the process for nominating and appointing the First Minister of Scotland.
Research Briefing
The Arbitration Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 24 February 2025. The act amends the Arbitration Act 1996 in accordance with recommendations made by the Law Commission.
Constituency casework,Research Briefing
Find out the answers to some commonly asked questions about student loans, interest rates, and repayment thresholds in the UK.
Research Briefing
A briefing on how the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is currently constituted and the mechanisms by which a part of the UK could secede from it.
Research Briefing
The Youth Guarantee looks to ensure young people can access further learning, help to get a job or an apprenticeship. This briefing outlines the guarantee’s components and where it is being trialled.
Research Briefing
The theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (11 to 17 May) is action to support good mental health. This briefing looks at action to support good mental health of individuals, evidence around actions to support population mental health, and government activity.
Research Briefing
Commons and Lords private members’ bills (PMBs), and their sponsoring members, which have received Royal Assent since the start of the 1983 Parliament.
Research Briefing
A briefing on the King’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session.
Research Briefing
A briefing paper on the State Opening of Parliament, its history and ceremonial
Constituency casework,Research Briefing
An overview of local housing authorities’ legal duties when arranging homelessness accommodation outside their area.
Research Briefing
This briefing explains UK poverty statistics, including historical trends and forecasts, and poverty by employment, tenure, ethnicity, disability and region.
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