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UK dairy farmers continue to highlight their financial difficulties with government as low milk prices remain. Policy action has been taken at EU and UK level to assist and the dairy industry is also seeking to improve its ability to weather future volatility in global markets.
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This Note aims to clarify some of the terminology used to describe the institutions, laws and procedures of the European Union. It also provides links to useful sources of information on the EU.
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The House of Commons will debate a motion calling on the Government to recognise ISIS/Daesh killings as 'genocide'.
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This Commons Library Briefing paper summarises the 'Summary of provisional decision on remedies' published by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of its 'Energy market investigation' on 10 March 2016.
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This paper summarises the Commons' committee proceedings on the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill.
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Canadians gave the Liberals a strong majority in Parliament at the 2015 general election, surprising many observers. How has the new government been getting on?
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Many prisoners enter prison with a faith and others find one while in prison. Few of these prisoners will be “radicalised” or become involved in extremism or terrorist activity, although (obviously) those that do present huge challenges to the authorities.
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Since April 2014, unemployed people leaving the Work Programme are required to participate in a new scheme, Help to Work.
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The Work Programme is the Government's main welfare-to-work scheme, designed to tackle long-term unemployment in Great Britain.
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The LASPO Act 2012 reduced the scope of civil legal aid. Controversy still surrounds its provision for private family law cases where, to be eligible, people seeking legal aid must provide evidence of domestic abuse.
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This briefing paper explores the current on and off screen diversity in public service broadcasting, including policies in place to improve the diversity of the television workforce. It also summarises the available statistics.
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Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators.
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This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper reviews changes in Members' salaries and the Members' expenses scheme since the responsibility for determining pay and expenses was transferred to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
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The EU concludes many international agreements with third States or international organisations. This Commons Library briefing looks at how the EU negotiates these agreements and how the UK scrutinises and ratifies them.
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Part 1 of this House of Commons Library briefing paper gives a broad overview of the law governing the rights of European Economic Area (EEA) migrants to access social housing in England. Part 2 considers whether there is any evidence to suggest that EEA migrants are able to “jump the queue” to access social housing more quickly than other applicants.
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