Economic updates,Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Record GDP fall in April
Economic output fell by one fifth during April when lockdown measures were at their most stringent. This Insight will set the April GDP figures in context.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: social security co-ordination
Looks at the negotiations on social security co-ordination arrangements after the end of the Brexit 'transition period', in January 2021
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Research Briefing
Workplace Pensions: FAQs
This briefing paper answers FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about personal and workplace defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements (where you build up a pot of money that you can then use to provide an income in retirement).
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Research Briefing
Annexation of the West Bank
On 28 January 2020, the Trump Administration published its peace plan for the Middle East. Among its more controversial proposals is a land swap between Israel and the Palestinians. This would require Israel to annex land currently occupied by settlements in the West Bank. The Israeli Government plans to begin discussions in the Cabinet from 1 July.
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Brexit legislation: What has passed and what is yet to come?
This Insight explains the legislation needed to ensure the UK has measures in place to replace the EU laws when transition ends on 31 December 2020.
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Coronavirus: People with learning disabilities
This Insight looks at evidence of the impact of coronavirus on people with a learning disability in England.
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Research Briefing
NHS Pension Scheme – background
This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and current debates
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Research Briefing
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21
The Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill was introduced on 20 May 2020. Second Reading in the House of Commons is due to take place on 9 June 2020.
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Research Briefing
Pension transfer advice
Many people have been given unsuitable financial advice to transfer their valuable Defined Benefit pensions into less suitable and secure Defined Contribution schemes. Poor advice has led to growing compensation payments from the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Some have speculated that this issue may represent a large mis-selling scandal, the full scale of which may only come to light in the event of an economic downturn.
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Research Briefing
Emergency Debate on the conduct of House business during the coronavirus pandemic
On Monday 8 June 2020, the House of Commons will hold an emergency debate on the conduct of House business during the pandemic.
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Research Briefing
Black Lives Matter protests: UK reaction to the killing of George Floyd
This Insight outlines the background to the Black Lives Matter movement and the reaction in the UK to the death of George Floyd.
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Commons Library analysis: Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL] 2019-21
This Commons Library briefing paper deals with the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL] 2019-21 which would remove the legal requirement to make allegations about spousal conduct or to have lived separately for up to five years in order to divorce or dissolve a civil partnership
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Mounting debt crisis for the world’s poorest countries
The economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic are already severe. This Insight looks at the mounting debt crisis being experienced by the world’s poorest countries.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: summary of positions
The tables in this paper provide a summary of the UK and EU positions in the future relationship negotiations, based on their proposed draft treaty texts and other publicly available statements
Total results (page 214 of 640)