Research Briefing
Anti-social Behaviour – The Government’s Proposals
The Government has consulted on reforming powers to deal with anti-social behaviour, and will be introducing draft legislation. This note discusses the proposals.
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Research Briefing
Public service pensions – background
Includes facts and figures on public service pensions and looks at how costs are measured
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Research Briefing
Free schools
This note provides background information on free schools. The main purpose is to outline the Government’s policy on various aspects of the free schools programme, and indicate where more information may be found.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, August 2012
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
Small Charitable Donations Bill
The Small Charitable Donations Bill introduces the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) which was announced at Budget 2011.
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Research Briefing
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL]
The Bill creates a new office – the Groceries Code Adjudicator – to enforce and oversee the Groceries Code – a code of practice that regulates the relationship between large retailers and their suppliers.
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Research Briefing
UK Election Statistics: 1918-2012
This paper presents an overview of results from UK elections since 1918, including elections to the House of Commons, the European Parliament, devolved bodies and local government.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, August 2012
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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Research Briefing
Parking: wheel clamping
This Note describes the law on wheel clamping on public roads and the legal position of clamping on private land. As this is a devolved issue in Scotland it deals with England and Wales only.
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Research Briefing
Arab uprisings: an update
Two of the three countries that have had elections since the Arab uprisings – Tunisia and Egypt – have seen mainstream and more radical Islamists dominating. In Libya, the third of the three, a pragmatic and relatively secular politician who had been former Prime Minister during the rebellion did well. It is still early to know what these new governments will do.
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Research Briefing
Supermarkets : competition inquiries into the groceries market
This note looks at long-running concerns about the dominance of the four major supermarkets in the UK groceries market - and the two inquiries undertaken by the competition authorities in the last decade.
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Research Briefing
Aviation: National Air Traffic Services (NATS)
This note gives information about the structure of National Air Traffic Services (NATS).
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Research Briefing
Third party action on behalf of victims of domestic violence
Section 60 of the Family Law Act 1996, which could allow third parties to apply for certain court orders on behalf of domestic violence victims, has never been brought into force. This note looks at some of the arguments surrounding this issue.
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Research Briefing
Medal Campaigns
Examines the process by which campaign medals are instituted, the rules governing the acceptance and wearing of foreign medals, and some of the medal campaigns that are currently underway. Summarises the findings of the interim Military Medals Review.
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Research Briefing
Army 2020
The Ministry of Defence announced a major re-structuring of the British Army in July 2012. This note looks at what the restructure involves and which regiments and battalions it affects.
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