Research Briefing
Background to the 2010 Spending Review
This note sets out the background to the Spending Review which will take place on 20 October.
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The outcome of the 2010 Spending Review
This note summarises the main measures of the 2010 Spending Review.
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Research Briefing
The EU Citizens’ Initiative
This Note looks at the Commission proposal for implementing the Citizens' Initiative, the Council's response to it, the British Government's views and UK parliamentary scrutiny.
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In Brief: Strategic Defence and Security Review – Headline Recommendations for the Armed Forces
Five months after entering office the Coalition Government published its Strategic Defence and Security Review on 19 October 2010. The following note is a guide to the principal recommendations and conclusions of that review which relate to the Armed forces specifically. It will be followed by a more detailed paper on the wider recommendations of the SDSR, and their implications, in the near future.
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Research Briefing
Supermarkets Controls over Buyer Power
This note deals with concerns that the four large supermarkets are so large that farmers and other suppliers are not paid a fair price for their produce
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Research Briefing
G20 & the November 2010 Seoul summit
The G20 has met at leaders' level since November 2008. The second summit in 2010 takes place in Seoul in November. This note provides background to the G20, outcomes of summits so far, the agenda for Seoul, and the G8/G20 relationship.
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Research Briefing
A Brief Guide to Previous British Defence Reviews
This note is a short guide to the main recommendations of the defence reviews that have taken place since the end of the Second World War, and whether those recommendations subsequently lived up to events.
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [Lords]: progress in the Commons
This note charts progress of the Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [Lords] in the House of Commons. The Bill completed its passage through the Lords and was introduced in the Commons on 24 February 2010.
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Research Briefing
Public opinion of the police
Article on the levels of confidence the public place in the police service, and how to interprete measures of trust and approval.
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Research Briefing
Georgia after the 2008 war
President Saakashvili's second term expires in 2013. Whether the election is won by a more Moscow-friendly successor will be critical for the progress of Russia's efforts to establish its ""zone of privileged interest". Critics of the US administration may say that Obama's decision to "press the reset button" on relations with Russia has betrayed Georgia's ambitions to join western countries.
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Research Briefing
Local Government Bill [HL] Bill No 75 of 2010-11
The Bill gives effect to the Coalition Government’s commitment to stop the restructuring of councils in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon. Specifically the Bill would prevent implementation of any of the existing proposals for a single-tier local government structure made under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. The Bill completed its passage through the House of Lords and was introduced into the House of Commons on 11 October 2010. This briefing was prepared to inform the Second Reading debate on the Bill.
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Pay in the NHS
This note gives details of pay bands and actual earnings of hospital doctors, GPs and other NHS staff in England
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How much legislation comes from Europe?
This paper explores various approaches to the question of how much national law is based on or influenced by EU law.
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