Research Briefing
Trade Union Bill – Committee Stage Report
The Trade Union Bill 2015-16 was introduced in the House of Commons on 15 July 2015.
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Research Briefing
UK 2015 National Security Strategy: advance insights
Later this month, the UK Government will publish a new National Security Strategy (NSS) to replace the 2010 version. Within a matter of days, the outcomes of the 2015 spending review and the new Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) will also be announced. At that point, people will start poring over the documents to
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Research Briefing
Sitting hours
This House of Commons briefing paper outlines changes to the Commons sitting hours that were implemented 15 October 2012. It charts how the sitting hours have changed since 1997.
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Research Briefing
Setting the Living Wage: a Q&A
It’s Living Wage Week and the Mayor of London and the Living Wage Foundation have announced new Living Wage rates for 2015. But while there is lots of discussion about the benefits of paying the Living Wage, less attention is paid to how it is calculated and what it represents. In particular, there are inconsistencies
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Research Briefing
Equitable Life: compensation scheme
This note is designed to summarise the processes and principles behind the Equitable Life compensation scheme. It is designed to help constituents who wish to know what they might expect and what they have to do if they believe that they are due compensation.
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Research Briefing
The 2015 SDSR: a reading list
This paper is a reading list for the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) due to be published later this year
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Research Briefing
The Off-patent Drugs Bill 2015
This Briefing Paper has been prepared for the Second Reading of the Off-patent Drugs Bill 2015 on 6 November 2015.
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Research Briefing
Scotland Bill 2015-16: Committee stage report
This Briefing Paper gives an update on the Scotland Bill 2015-16 after Committee stage. No opposition amendments were made at Committee stage. The Government has produced substantive amendments of its own for Report.
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Research Briefing
Economic Indicators, November 2015
Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
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Research Briefing
Social care: Recent changes to the CQC’s regulation of adult residential care (care homes)
The Care Quality Commission has changed how it regulates adult residential care (i.e. care homes), replacing blanket annual inspections of all adult care services with the reintroduction of a “risk-based approach” meaning that poorly-rated services are inspected more frequently (together with some random inspections) under a new inspection framework underpinned by "Fundamental Standards".
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Research Briefing
Driving up cybersecurity standards: Is TalkTalk just the latest in a litany of data breaches?
The TalkTalk cyberattack in the last week is just the latest in a litany of data breaches at large and small companies alike. This is the third hack on TalkTalk in 2015 alone and a survey of UK companies in 2015 found that in the past year 74% of small businesses and 90% of large
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Research Briefing
The future of British banking and RBS
A Backbench Business Committee debate will focus on the UK Government's policy to sell off its share holdings in the Royal Bank of Scotland acquired as part of the rescue of the bank following the financial crash. The debate is also set to look at alternative bank structures designed to improve lending to industry and the economy.
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Research Briefing
Tax Credit changes from April 2016
This note (published 15 October 2015) outlines what tax credits are, the changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015 and how these changes will be implemented. It also estimates what impact these changes will have for families in combination with other measures announced in the Summer Budget 2015, such as introduction of the National Living Wage, the increase to the Personal Allowance and freeze in Child Benefit. This page was updated on 29 October 2015 to included additional analysis of the impact on affected families (see attached spreadsheet).
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Research Briefing
European Union (Approvals) Bill 2015-16
This Bill fulfils a requirement of the European Union Act 2011 that EU legislative proposals based on the 'catch-all' Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union must be approved by an Act of Parliament before the UK can support their adoption in the EU Council. The Bill deals with two relatively uncontroversial proposals concerning the Republic of Macedonia becoming an observer on an EU human rights body and a draft decision on the Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment.
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