Research Briefing
France: Government reshuffle
Details of the recent Government reshuffle in France.
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Research Briefing
Military and Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq
The substantial gains made by Islamic State fighters in the last few months, which has seen ISIL forces advance on the northern city of Irbil and forced thousands of people from religious minorities to flee their homes, has prompted the US, UK and other Western governments to take more concerted action in Iraq.
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Research Briefing
Ending child immigration detention
The Coalition Agreement committed the Government to ending child immigration detention. This led to the Government developing a new policy on family removals, aspects of which are now enshrined in the Immigration Act 2014.
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Research Briefing
Business support schemes – statistics
Statistics on take up and cost of Government schemes that support businesses and SMEs
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, September 2014
This paper features analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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Research Briefing
Police pensions – background
This note provides an overview of the development of the current police pension schemes
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Research Briefing
Gaza ceasefire agreement
A summary of the Gaza ceasefire agreement of August 26, which put an end to hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants.
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Research Briefing
English local government finance: issues and options
Local government finance in England has experienced substantial changes since 2010. This paper examines the challenges that local authorities have faced from reductions in central government funding, and how they have responded to these. Local authorities have been using a number of strategies to cope with reduced funding, including community budgets, city deals, efficiency savings, combined authorities and shared services. They have also reduced or redesigned services, and collected more local taxes where possible.
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Research Briefing
Pension Schemes Bill
Research Paper for Second Reading of Pension Schemes Bill 2014/15
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Research Briefing
National Insurance Contributions Bill [Bill 80 of 2014-15]
The National Insurance Contributions Bill 2014-15 would allow for both categories of National Insurance contributions (NICs) which are payable by the self-employed – Class 2 and Class 4 – to be collected through self assessment from April 2016. The Bill would also extend existing tax rules regarding ‘accelerated payments’ and ‘high-risk’ tax promoters to NICs, and introduce a Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rule to prevent the avoidance of NICs by intermediaires.
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Research Briefing
UK arms transfers to the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan
After rapid advances by the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS or ISIL) towards Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdish Region, the UK government has indicated that it may send arms to the Peshmerga, the Kurdish Regional Government's security force.
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Research Briefing
Expansion of private higher education provision in England
This note gives an overview of the growth in the private higher education sector since 2011; it discusses the controversy around the provision of student support for students at private higher education institutions and the introduction of student number controls at private institutions.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency August 2014
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
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Research Briefing
The US mid-term elections: domestic and foreign policy issues
As the US mid-term elections approach, the Democrats and Republicans are tied, approximately, in the opinion polls. This note brings together some polling information and summarises some of the main issues and recent news stories that may affect the result.
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