Research Briefing
Western Sahara
Western Sahara is the largest non-self governing territory in the world, according to the UN, and there are tens of thousands of refugees living in refugee camps in Algeria
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Research Briefing
Capita: where did the capital go?
If Capita stopped trading today, its creditors and shareholders would be in for an unpleasant surprise. On its most recent balance sheet, Capita had £668 million more liabilities than assets – in other words, it had negative equity. What’s more, of the assets it does have, many would be hard to sell. Over a third
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Research Briefing
The Space Industry Bill 2017-2019
This briefing paper provides an analysis of the Space Industry Bill 2017-2019. The paper provides an overview of the provisions in the Bill and the debate and amendments made during the House of Lords stages and Commons Committee stage.
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Research Briefing
Different styles, different publics: a typology of political engagement
Trust in politicians and the Government has gone down since the 1980s. Turnout has too, as has participation in a range of political activities. It might appear that the British public is less politically engaged now than it once was. However, as with so many things, it isn’t very helpful to think of the public
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Research Briefing
Child support: when a non-resident parent lives abroad – withdrawn
Please note that this briefing paper has been withdrawn, and replaced by CBP7775, Child maintenance: cases when someone lives overseas (England & Wales).
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Research Briefing
Airspace change and modernisation
This paper looks at the structure and management of airspace in the UK and the wider international context. It explains how airspace functions at the moment and proposals to upgrade and improve it, including the EU Single European Sky programme and the UK’s Future Airspace Strategy.
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Research Briefing
Devolution (part 2): changes to devolved funding
Last week we discussed the approach taken to devolution of tax and spending powers to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here we consider how devolution, and other recent changes, has impacted on how the devolved nations are funded. The system has become more complex, with different approaches for different nations. How have the methods for
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Research Briefing
Devolution (part 1): progress on new powers
The past few years have seen a concerted (and legislative) push for more powers to be devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK Government’s approach has been to tailor individual devolution programmes according to the different needs of the devolved nations, rather than pursuing a structured programme of devolution. A House of Lords
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Research Briefing
Open Banking: banking but not as we know it?
This Paper outlines the potential impact of the combined open banking and new PSD2 Directive on UK banking which started in January 2018. It looks at new banking applications and potential improvements to the current account market as well as consumer protections.
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Research Briefing
Democratic Republic of Congo: January 2018 update
President Joseph Kabila has managed to extend his tenure as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo well beyond December 2016, when his mandate expired. New elections are now scheduled for December 2018, but some believe that he will find ways to delay them further.
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Research Briefing
Public spending: New debates in the House
This briefing discusses changes being made to the way debates on public spending in the House are allocated.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, December 2017
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
Widening participation strategy in higher education in England
This House of Commons briefing paper gives an overview of the Government's policy on widening participation in higher education. It also outlines widening participation strategies and statistics, discusses evaluation of activities and raises current issues.
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Research Briefing
Pakistan: January 2018 update
National elections are due to be held in Pakistan in mid-2018. It will inevitably be a testing year for the country’s still-fragile democracy.
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