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This paper looks at the history of the Parthenon sculptures and the ongoing controversy over them. It describes their acquisition by the British Museum and the long-running debate about suggestions they be returned to Athens.
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The financial crash of 2008 was a wake up call to the inadequacies of financial regulation worldwide. The basic payment service mechanisms on which everything relies did not escape the notice of the authorities. The upshot is a new regulator of the 'plumbing' of the financial system. This note describes its establishment and scope.
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This briefing paper explains how entitlement to Housing Benefit may be affected when a claimant is renting from a close relative.
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This Commons Library briefing paper explains the application of size criteria to people claiming Housing Benefit and under-occupying their homes in the private rented sector.
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This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides a comparison of Right to Buy policies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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This briefing provides an overview of the rights to leave and pay afforded to those with children.
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This Commons Library briefing paper describes the assistance available to help owner occupiers to carry out repairs and improvements to their homes. Most assistance is administered by local authorities.
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This Commons Library briefing paper outlines the legal remedies, both civil and criminal, that are available to landlords and homeowners to evict squatters from their properties in England and Wales.
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This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the commissioning of specialised services by the NHS in England, for patients with rare or complex conditions. How the commissioning process works is set out in further detail, as well as analysis of the financial management and transparency of specialised commissioning, and recent reforms introduced by NICE and NHS England, including reforms to the Cancer Drugs Fund.
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This paper contains claimant count figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
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Will Hassan Rouhani's thumping electoral victory in Iran bring broader change than he achieved in his first term? Will the deal on Iran's nuclear programme survive in the Trump era?
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This 2017 paper considers Gibraltar's constitutional status and some of the possible impacts of Brexit.
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What are the implications of the 2017 French Presidential Election? What are the prospects for a Marine Le Pen or Emmanuel Macron victory? This paper looks at the candidates, their policies and the future challenges they might face should they win.
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Did the cruise missile attacks against a Syrian government airfield change anything in Iraq and Syria?
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The UK Government triggered Article 50 on 29 March 2017, beginning the formal process of negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU). Leaving the EU will require major changes to the statute book and to the UK’s constitutional framework.
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