Research Briefing
Lifetime survivors pensions from public service schemes
Looks at why some survivors of public service pension scheme members lose their survivors pensions if they remarry or cohabit
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Research Briefing
Brexit: Proposals for the future UK-EU relationship
The House of Commons has voted on various options for the future UK-EU relationship in the hope that an agreed UK position may help to break the impasse following the Commons' rejection of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement. The Government says it may hold a further Commons vote on future relationship options. What options have been proposed?
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Research Briefing
Brexit delayed again: until 31 October 2019?
The EU has agreed to extend Article 50 a second time. This could delay Brexit until 31 October 2019. This has implications for the UK while it remains in the EU, and could also impact on decisions taken within the EU over the next few months
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Research Briefing
Cost of university courses in England
This House of Commons briefing paper analyses the cost of higher education provision and raises issues around the value for money of higher education, the existence of a higher education market and how tuition fee funding is spent by providers.
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Research Briefing
The Anglophone Cameroon crisis: April 2019 update
Relations between the largely Anglophone regions of Cameroon and the country’s dominant Francophone elite have long been fraught. Over the past three years, tensions have escalated seriously and since October 2017 violent conflict has erupted between armed separatist groups and the security forces, with both sides being accused of committing human rights abuses.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, March 2019
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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Research Briefing
Brexit reading list: general coverage
This paper provides links to a selection of analysis and comment on general ‘Brexit’ coverage.
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Research Briefing
The Fisheries Bill 2017-19
Committee stage of the Fisheries Bill 2017-19 in the House of Commons was completed on 17 December 2018. The Bill will allow the UK to manage fisheries within its territorial waters once it has left the Commons Fisheries Policy. There is no date set for Report.
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Research Briefing
Military coup in Sudan
The armed forces take power in Sudan, removing President Omar al-Bashir from power. This short briefing paper looks at recent developments.
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Research Briefing
Public service pensions – employer contributions
Discusses the impact of reductions in the SCAPE discount rate used in valuations of unfunded public service pension schemes
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Research Briefing
Update on vice-chancellors pay in higher education institutions in England
This House of Commons briefing paper gives an update on vice-chancellors pay in higher education in England since the introduction of the Committee of University Chairs Senior Staff Remuneration Code in 2018 and the publication of the Office for Students first annual report on senior staff remuneration in February 2019.
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Research Briefing
“No-fault divorce”
This Commons Library briefing paper considers the current basis for divorce, arguments for and against the introduction of "no-fault" divorce, and the Government's proposals to reform the legal requirements for divorce
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Research Briefing
Legal aid for representation at an inquest.
Legal aid for representation at an inquest is generally only available through the “exceptional funding” criteria of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which came into force on 1 April 2013.
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Research Briefing
Brexit and medicines regulation
This briefing paper provides an overview of current medicines regulation in the UK and EU, Brexit negotiations so far on this issue, and views on future regulation. It also discusses the potential impacts of a no deal Brexit scenario, and Government preparations for these.
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Research Briefing
Returns to a degree
This House of Commons library briefing looks at the returns of participation in higher education and the benefits of higher education for individuals and society in the context of the rise in participation in higher education, changes in demand for graduates and graduate employment prospects.
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