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The Labour Government introduced a number of reforms to the legal remedies for victims of domestic violence, and introduced a number of non-legislative measures. This note examines the development of Labour policy in this area.
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Elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly were held on 3 May 2012. The Conservative candidate Boris Johnson was re-elected as Mayor, winning 44% of first preference votes. Labour won 12 of the 25 London Assembly seats to become the largest party in the Assembly.
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This Research Paper reviews changes in Members' pay and allowances/expenses since 2009.
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The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is a mandatory carbon emissions reporting and trading scheme for large public and private sector organisations. It is currently under review and if it cannot be simplified to produce “very significant administrative savings” for businesses, then it will be replaced by “an alternative environmental tax” on which the Government will consult in Autumn 2012.
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This note provides information on the two road charging schemes that exist in central London: the Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) and the Congestion Charge.
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Local elections took place in 181 local authorities on 3 May 2012. Almost 4,900 council seats were up for election in 128 local authorities in England, 32 unitary authorities in Scotland and 21 unitary authorities in Wales.
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This note looks at the history of the two programmes, cites the justifications given by successive governments for what critics have dubbed a “snooper’s charter” and details some of the objections that have been raised against surveillance of this sort.
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This note covers some predictions of the effect of climate change on UK agriculture and forestry
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This is one of a series of notes which looks at actual or proposed reforms of either certain parts of the financial services sector or reforms of certain activities in the wake of the fianncial crisis. These notes attempt to describe the progress made on individual issues through these phases. This note focuses upon the regulation of hedge funds by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive.
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This research paper has been written to inform Members in preparation for the second reading of the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill 2012-13
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Ukraine is due to host the Euro2012 football competition jointly with Poland from 8 June to 1 July. Ukraine's human rights record has led to calls for a boycott.
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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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Statistics on working-age claimants of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and its predecessor incapacity-related benefits in each constituency in Great Britain. In November 2011 there were 2.57 million claimants of these benefits in Great Britain.
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