Research Briefing
EU (Withdrawal) Bill: Where are we now on the ‘meaningful vote’?
The Grieve amendment, the Government’s amendment in lieu and the original Lords Amendment 19 – how do they differ and what is going on?
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Research Briefing
EU – Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
This note has been prepared for the debate on 26 June 2018 in the House of Commons on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
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Research Briefing
What can artificial intelligence reveal about Brexit?
How well can artificial intelligence understand language? We let a deep learning algorithm loose on millions of words found in Hansard from Brexit-related debates in the House of Commons. What did it find?
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Research Briefing
Universal Credit roll-out: 2018-19
Universal Credit roll-out was around 11% complete across Great Britain as of December 2017, in terms of the number of households on UC. However, progress varies considerably between constituencies. Almost half of jobseekers are now on UC rather than "legacy" benefits. The majority of households receiving support for rent, children or incapacity are yet to move onto UC. This briefing provides a guide to roll-out of the Full Service in 2018/19 and original HC Library estimates for the progress or UC roll-out by constituency, region and across Great Britain.
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Research Briefing
Finances, footballers and fertility rates: The World Cup of statistics
From Costa Rica’s proportion of women MPs, to South Korea’s 276 ATMs, we have the World Cup stats you won’t have thought of.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords Reform in the 2017 Parliament
A debate on a petition calling for a referendum on the abolition of the House of Lords will take place on 18 June 2018. The Government has responded to the Lord Speaker's Committee's proposals to reduce the size of the House of Lords.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, May 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.
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Research Briefing
Iraq and the 2018 election
Iraqis went to the polls to elect a new parliament in May 2018. The result surprised observers.
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Research Briefing
Interest rate swaps on business loans
This note summarises the issue of ‘mis-sold’ business loans, where firms entered into complex interest rate 'hedges' that subsequently proved to be very costly to them in the changed conditions following the financial crisis.
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Research Briefing
Brexit divisions – Commons votes on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
This briefing paper provides information on the House of Commons divisions during the passage of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill during its Second Reading, Report Stage and Third Reading in the Commons.
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Research Briefing
Last chance for compromise? Devolution and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
Among the amendments being considered by the Commons in the EUW Bill is the UK Government’s new proposal for how retained EU law should interact with the devolution settlements. There are some outstanding areas of disagreement about the devolution provisions – this post looks at the details.
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Research Briefing
Economic update: Spring rebound after winter blues
Examines economic indicators for April and May. Economic activity looks set to have rebounded in the second quarter this year, but the bigger picture remains one of modest growth
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Research Briefing
Parliament’s right to a meaningful vote: Amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
Will the Commons accept or reject the Lords’ meaningful vote amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill? Or will the Commons accept the Government’s ‘amendment in lieu’? We look at these constitutionally unprecedented proposals.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, June 2018
Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
Total results (page 274 of 638)