Research Briefing
Warden support in sheltered housing
This note considers the issue of the removal of resident wardens from sheltered housing and the move towards a model of "floating support".
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Research Briefing
Time limiting of contributory Employment and Support Allowance from 30 April 2012
The 2010 Spending Review announced that contributory Employment and Support Allowance for claimants in the Work-Related Activity Group would be limited to 12 months. The time limit takes effect on 30 April 2012. For some claimants, benefit will stop immediately. All recipients of contributory ESA in the WRAG, including Incapacity Benefit claimants “migrated” to ESA on reassessment, will be affected by the time limit. Savings of almost £1.5 billion a year are expected by 2015-16.
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Research Briefing
European Regional Development Fund
This note explains how funding from the European Regional Development Fund is allocated across regions in England and sets out current progress on spending the funds. It also provides information on the 2014-2020 funding round.
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Research Briefing
Buses: policy and administration
This note outlines the overall policy approach of the present and previous governments towards bus policy in England. It includes separate information about competition in local bus markets, the role of the traffic commissioners and licensing. There are separate notes on bus funding and grants, concessionary fares and franchising.
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Research Briefing
Lending to business
This note sets out statistics available on lending to business and discusses recent trends in the data.
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Research Briefing
UK-Brazil trade statistics
This short note looks at the available UK/Brazil trade statistics
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Research Briefing
Travel law: proposed changes to ATOL
This note looks at the ATOL scheme, focusing on the weaknesses of the ATOL model and the deficit funding of the ATTF. It considers in detail the proposed ATOL reforms contained in secondary and primary legislation. Finally, it also considers EU initiatives for reform to travel law.
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Research Briefing
The Chagos Islanders
This note provides brief background about the situation of the Chagos Islanders, paying particular attention to the legal dispute over whether they have the right of return and the recent establishment of a Marine Protection Area around the British Indian Ocean Territory (with the exception of Diego Garcia). The note is not comprehensive in its coverage and will not be automatically updated.
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Research Briefing
Civil Aviation Bill: Committee Stage Report
This is a report on the Public Bill Committee Stage of the Civil Aviation Bill.
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Research Briefing
The IMF’s resources
The IMF’s resources come from quotas contributed by each of its 187 Member States (around £234bn in total) and from standing credit arrangements with certain industrialised and emerging economies (currently around £215bn).
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Research Briefing
Financial Services Bill: Committee Stage Report
The focus of this Bill is to establish a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom.
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Research Briefing
Buses: franchising
This note provides information about the policy of bus franchising, how it operates in London and the legislation that exists in England to set up ‘Quality Contracts’, a form of franchising. It also provides information on statutory Quality Partnerships.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, April 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
Queen’s Speech 2012
This Standard Note gathers together speculation on the issues that might be included in the forthcoming Queen’s Speech.
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Research Briefing
The ‘conservatory tax’
Changes to the building regulations are currently being consulted upon. These have led to press reports of a ‘conservatory tax’ of up to 10% on certain home improvements, through required associated energy efficiency measures. Reports have also said that people will be forced to take out green deal loans if they cannot afford to fund these improvements.
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