Research Briefing
The 2020 Spending Review envelope
An overview of the spending envelope for the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review, as announced in the March 2020 Budget.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Employment rights and sick pay (2020)
In a worst-case scenario, an estimated one-fifth of the workforce could be absent from work.
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Research Briefing
Rough sleeping statistics: How reliable are they?
The Government’s rough sleeping statistics received a lot of attention when they were published in February this year.
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Research Briefing
Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] 2019-20
The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] 2019-21 (the “Pre-consolidation Bill”) was introduced in the House of Commons on 4 March 2020 and is due to be considered in Second Reading Committee on 17 March 2020.
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Research Briefing
Budget 2020: Measures to limit the economic impact of coronavirus
The Chancellor and the Bank of England have announced plans to support public services, businesses and workers.
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2020: a summary
Spring Budget 2020 was presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Parliament on 11 March. Once the Chancellor sat down the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published updated forecasts in its Economic and fiscal outlook.
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Research Briefing
Carbon capture usage and storage
A Commons Library Briefing on carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), providing information on the processes involved; key benefits and challenges; Government policy and Parliamentary scrutiny.
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Research Briefing
Airline Insolvency Review
This Commons briefing paper provides a summary of the background to the Airline Insolvency Review and its key recommendations.
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Research Briefing
Alcohol: minimum pricing
This Briefing Paper looks at the minimum pricing of alcohol.
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Cycle funding and bike lanes: Is there enough money to create “mini-Hollands” in England?
The Government aims to double the number of journeys made by bike by 2025, what will the Budget reveal about funding?
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Research Briefing
University Strikes FAQs
This House of Commons briefing paper gives answers to questions on the university lecturers strikes.
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How big are regional economic inequalities in the UK?
The Government has pledged to “level up” economic conditions and opportunities across the UK. What are the inequalities that this policy seeks to address?
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Research Briefing
Budget 2020: Will the Chancellor change the rules?
The Conservative manifesto set out rules for the public finances. Will the Chancellor stick to them?
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Research Briefing
Autumn and winter floods, 2019-20
This is a House of Commons Library briefing paper on the serious flooding that occurred in the UK during the autumn and winter of 2019-20.
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The Budget: What can ‘Dr No’ tell us about the challenges in designing the tax system?
Any Chancellor faces challenges in crafting tax changes – not least because they need to encourage people to pay them and ensure they can be collected.
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