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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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Research Briefing
Background to the 2008 Pre-Budget Report
This note provides background to the Pre-Budget Report which will be delivered on 24 November. The note covers the outlook for the economy and public finances and the measures the Government may take to boost the economy.
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Research Briefing
Eurosceptic campaigns alleging the abolition of Westminster
This Note looks at a few eurosceptic campaigns alleging that the EU will remove England from the map of Europe and abolish the government and parliament at Westminster. It considers the EU instruments linked to such allegations.
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Research Briefing
Members’ salaries – implementing the Baker Review
On 24 January 2008, Members agreed that the 1996 resolution governing their salaries should cease to exist. No mechanism to replace it was considered. Instead, the House agreed with the Government that Sir John Baker, the retiring chairman of the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB), should be charged with finding a mechanism that would end the need for Members to vote regularly on their salaries.
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Research Briefing
US Elections 2008
Elections for US President, Senate, House of Representatives and 11 State Governors, 4 November 2008. Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama won the US Presidential Election, defeating the Republican candidate Senator John McCain.
Total results (page 431 of 560)