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This Commons Library briefing looks at the Bereavement Support Payment, which replaced bereavement benefits (the Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance, and Widowed Parent's Allowance) for surviving spouses and civil partners widowed on or after 6 April 2017.
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Carer's Allowance cannot be paid in addition to the Retirement Pension because of the "overlapping benefits" rule. This Commons Library briefing looks at the rationale for this rule, and at the position of successive governments on payment of Carer's Allowance to people over State Pension Age.
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This Commons Library briefing paper gives an overview of the Permitted Work Rules, which allow people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance to do some paid work without it affecting their benefit.
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Although our recent economic updates have shown the economy performing well, there was less positive news over the past month. The month saw inflation rising quicker than earnings, a decrease in productivity and a slight downward revision in economic growth for the first quarter of 2017. Inflation rose at a faster rate than earnings The
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Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators
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How might the hung Parliament result impact on ‘English votes for English laws’ (EVEL)? What is EVEL? On 22 October 2015, the House of Commons approved Standing Order changes that introduced EVEL. In simple terms, the EVEL process allows MPs who represent a certain part of the UK to veto certain legislation that only applies
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Accommodation is a major issue for armed forces personnel. This Commons Library briefing paper looks at current issues with Service accommodation including reports of poor maintenance, increased rents and uncertainty over future accommodation plans.
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This paper gives a brief overview of the GB train fleet, explains who owns the trains and how they are leased to the companies that provide train services. It also looks at four big rolling stock procurements: InterCity Express, Thameslink, Crossrail and HS2 and sets out the policies of successive governments.
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This updated Commons Library briefing looks at the Government's work to resettle up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK by 2020, under its Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme. It has also committed itself to resettling up to 3,000 vulnerable children currently in the Middle East and North Africa, and 480 unaccompanied children already in Europe (including Syrian nationals).
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This briefing sets out the rights and procedures for NHS staff to raise concerns about safety, malpractice or wrongdoing at work (“whistleblowing”) up to 2017.
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A number of reforms to the system of planning for housing were put forward in the previous Conservative Government's Housing White Paper, which the new Government will need to respond to and decide how to take forward. This briefing paper sets out how local authorities are directed to plan for housing, concern about unplanned developments, and the proposals for reform in this area.
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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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This Commons Library briefing paper provides an introduction to Community Land Trusts and previous Government policy in this area.
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Since the General Election a number of media reports have highlighted the growing diversity of MPs. This post brings together information from a number of sources. In many cases this is in advance, or in the absence of official information on these topics. Some figures are only estimated by outside bodies – characteristics like disability
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