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Research Briefing
Economic indicators, December 2008
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Article: Pre-Budget Report 2008: public finances and tax measures]
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Research Briefing
Means-tested benefits: help with mortgage costs (archived)
This Commons Library briefing paper has been archived as it no longer offers up-to-date information. However, we have published other papers which may be of interest.
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Research Briefing
Royal marriages-constitutional issues
This note sets out the legal and historical background to the restrictions on royal marriages, and considers their application in the case of the marriage of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker Bowles.
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Research Briefing
Carers and Pensions
This note looks at how time out of the labour market is credited for state pension purposes (and how this is changing); carers' benefits for people of pension age; and some recent private pension reforms including the recent change regarding class 3 National Insurance Contributions.
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Research Briefing
The Renewable Energy Strategy
The UK has a provisional EU target for 15% of energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. This note details the Government's proposals to meet this target.
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Research Briefing
Schools causing concern
This note refers to recent school improvement strategies, existing powers of local authorities to intervene where schools become a cause for concern, and outlines proposed changes.
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Research Briefing
Migration and development: The role and impact of remittances
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on migration and development and the role and impact of remittances from 2008.
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Research Briefing
Banking Bill Committee Stage Report
The Banking Bill represents part of the Government's legislative response to the ongoing banking crisis affecting the UK. It continues powers provided temporarily in the aftermath of the Northern Rock nationalisation; provides a framework for new rescue initiatives of failing bank; alters the existing regulatory structure surrounding banks and makes changes to the compensation scheme which protects depositors' deposits.
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Research Briefing
Small Business, Insolvency and Redundancy
HC Research Paper 08/87 Small Business, Insolvency and Redundancy
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Research Briefing
Child Labour
This note sets out the scale and nature of the problems associated with child labour and details the current action being taken to try to solve the issues.
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Research Briefing
Interlocking crises in the Horn of Africa
Interlocking crises in the Horn of Africa: House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/86. This paper looks at recent developments in the Horn of Africa, where there are a number of protracted and interlocking crises at work, and briefly discusses some of the main factors that have been described as ‘root causes’ of conflict in the region.
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