Research Briefing
A summary of the 2013 Budget
This note summarises the main points of the 2013 Budget.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, March 2013
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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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill Committee Stage Report
This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. It complements Research Paper 13/08 prepared for the Commons Second Reading.
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Economic Indicators, Budget Update
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries.
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Census 2011 Constituency results: England & Wales
This briefing paper has now been superseded by RP14-10, which summarises Census data for all UK constituencies.
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In brief: South Africa – Zuma set for a second term in 2014
In December 2012, at the African National Congress (ANC) conference in Mangaung, President Jacob Zuma was re-elected leader of the party. This makes it virtually inevitable that he will be South Africa’s next President following national elections next year, which the ANC remain overwhelming favourites to win comfortably. Nonetheless, all is far from entirely rosy for Zuma and the ANC. In recent years it has been deeply divided over economic policy, damaged by mounting official corruption and faced with growing discontent from below over its alleged failure to deliver better public services.
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Insurance and discrimination laws: motor and travel insurance
This note outlines how the insurance industry operates within the law on discrimination, particularly with respect to age and sex discrimination.
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
This note defines FDI, recent trends in FDI for the world and the UK, prospects for FDI flows, and investment promotion in the UK.
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Background to the 2013 Budget
This note sets out the economic and public finance background to the 2013 Budget.
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Northern Ireland draft bill 2012-13
This Note sets out the main provisions of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) draft Bill published on 11 February 2013. The draft Bill is being given pre-legislative scrutiny by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, beginning on 25 February 2013. Their report is expected to be published by the end of this session.
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Research Briefing
Preventing violent extremism
This note gives information on the Government’s review of the Prevent strategy, a collection of initiatives aimed at tackling religious extremism, which was inherited from the previous Government. It outlines the new strategy and includes information on the integration work led by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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Cyprus property mis-selling disputes
Many British people have alleged that they were mis-sold property in Cyprus, and as a result cannot afford their mortgage payments, or are seeing their properties sold to pay off their developers' debts.
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Energy Bill: Committee Stage Report
This paper complements Library Research Paper 12/79 on the Energy Bill 2012-13. It covers the Bill’s Second Reading and Committee Stages. The Bill seeks to implement electricity market reform and introduces ‘contracts for difference’ to support all forms of low carbon generation, including nuclear. Government amendments made during Committee Stage related to cheaper energy tariffs and setting a decarbonisation target.
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Classification of video games
Prior to July 2012, video (or “computer”) games were classified under two systems: (voluntarily) under the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) scheme and (in certain cases, compulsorily) by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). In response to recommendations in the Byron Review on child safety, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport consulted on options for strengthening classifications.
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