Research Briefing
Brexit: Devolution and legislative consent
How the legislative consent convention works in the context of Brexit and devolution.
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Research Briefing
EU referendum and alleged breaches of election law (Emergency Debate)
Tom Brake MP has secured the leave of the House for an emergency debate on security of elections and referendums. This has followed continued coverage of the use of personal data by Cambridge Analytica for political campaigning, and allegations of breaches of rules on referendum spending limits during the 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. The Cambridge Analytica case relates to data protection and possible illegal use of personal data. It has at the same time raised concerns about transparency in electoral campaigning.
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Research Briefing
The Chemical Weapons Convention
This short briefing paper looks at the Chemical Weapons Convention in the context of the attack in Salisbury in March 2018.
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Research Briefing
National security and Russia
On 26 March 2018 the House of Commons debates national security and Russia.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: the draft withdrawal agreement
The Commission published a draft legal text of the withdrawal agreement in February 2018 and an updated draft on 15 March. On 19 March a third text was published which showed where there is full agreement between the EU and the UK, where there is agreement in principle and where there is no agreement. This paper looks at the recent draft, making reference to earlier drafts where relevant.
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Research Briefing
Spectrum auctions 2018
This briefing provides an outline to the 2018 mobile spectrum auctions conducted by Ofcom. Two new bands of radio frequency spectrum are being auctioned for mobile services. The new spectrum is expected to boost the capacity of mobile networks to support increasing consumer demand for mobile data.
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland Assembly Members (Pay) Bill 2017-19
A briefing paper on the Northern Ireland Assembly Members (Pay) Bill 2017-19.
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Bill 2017-19
A briefing paper on the Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Bill 2017-19
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, February 2018
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. There was a large increase in employment in November 2017-January 2018 compared to the previous quarter, although unemployment also increased. Average weekly pay continued to increase more slowly than prices.
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Research Briefing
The public finances: a historical overview
The past 300 years have seen major changes in the way Britain handles its public finances. This briefing paper looks at trends in public income, spending and debts during this time, and comments on how the money was raised, spent and scrutinised by Parliament.
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill 2017-19
A briefing on the Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill 2017-19
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland: May 2016 – March 2018
Overview of political developments in Northern Ireland since the Assembly election of May 2016, providing a background to the collapse of talks on re-forming a Northern Ireland Executive in February 2018.
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Research Briefing
Local road charges
This short paper explains what local road charging schemes are, how they can be implanted and what the attitudes of successive governments have been to their introduction.
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Research Briefing
Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill 2017-19
The Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill 2017-19 is due to have its second reading debate on 16 March 2018.
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Research Briefing
The collapse of Carillion
Carillion entered compulsory liquidation on 15 January 2018. This briefing looks at the causes and consequences of Carillion's collapse.
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