Research Briefing
Returning terrorist fighters
This paper looks at the possible options for dealing with returning terrorist fighters
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Research Briefing
Tax relief on landlords’ finance costs: s24 of Finance (No.2) Act 2015
This note looks at the way that landlords have been able to offset their finance costs against tax, the changes made to these rules by s24 of Finance (No.2) Act 2015, and the debate there has been over their likely impact. It looks briefly at the introduction from April 2016 of higher rates of stamp duty on the purchase of additional residential properties, as the Government has explicitly linked these two measures as being targeted to help first time buyers.
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Research Briefing
Confidence motions
The Government must be able to command the confidence of the House of Commons. Losing a confidence vote would show that the Government has lost confidence.
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Research Briefing
The Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc) Bill: Lords Amendments
Consideration by the House of Commons of Lords amendments to the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill is due to take place on 15 March 2019
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Research Briefing
The future of civil partnership
This Commons Library briefing paper considers the extension of civil partnership to opposite sex couples
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Research Briefing
Spring Statement 2019: A summary
A summary of Spring Statement 2019 and the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecasts for the economy and public finances.
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Research Briefing
The ‘Strasbourg package’
On 11 March 2019 the UK government and the EU agreed a series of 'interpretations' and 'clarifications' of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration they negotiated in November 2018. What is in the published documents? What are their effects? To what extent do they provide legally binding guarantees? How did they change the Attorney General's legal opinion of the Withdrawal Agreement? What was the result of the second 'meaningful vote' held in the House of Commons on the updated 'package', and what happens next?
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Research Briefing
2019: a tough year for Tunisia?
Tunisia is to hold parliamentary and presidential elections towards the end of 2019. The elections come at a very difficult time; some observers fear that Tunisia’s experiment with democracy is under threat.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, Spring Statement 2019 Edition
Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
Alternative Provision Education in England
This briefing paper provides information about Alternative Provision (AP) education in England. In particular information about AP providers in England, the pupils that attend them, funding statistics, and the current issues affecting the sector.
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Research Briefing
Playing music in public
This Library Paper gives a very brief overview of when an organisation needs a licence to play music in public.
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Research Briefing
Bankruptcy and the treatment of pensions
This note provides an outline of the treatment of pensions on bankruptcy.
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Research Briefing
Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) [HL], Bill 294 of 2017-19: Briefing for Report Stage
This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview and background to the Private Member's Bill: Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) [HL], Bill 294 of 2017-19. The Bill has completed its parliamentary stages in the House of Lords and is now passing through the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
Spring Statement 2019: Background briefing
This briefing sets out the background to Spring Statement 2019 which will take place on Wednesday 13 March. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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Research Briefing
South Sudan: March 2019 update
South Sudan was born in 2011. Since the moment of its birth, its people have been embroiled in turmoil, conflict and suffering. Although the civil war which has raged since 2013 has complex roots, observers attribute much of the blame to its leaders, President Salva Kiir Mayardit and former First Vice-President Riek Machar, who head up opposing political and armed factions of the ruling party. Over the last year or so, there have been renewed peace efforts. Could this mean peace at last?
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