Research Briefing
Police Pension Scheme
An overview of the Police Pension Scheme, including government changes to pensions and the remedy to the discrimination caused by these changes.
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Research Briefing
Gaza 2026: Board of Peace and National Transitional Committee
A transitional Palestinian governing committee and supervising Board of Peace have been announced. The brief also discusses plans to disarm Hamas.
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Research Briefing
Revised Government spending plans for 2025/26
Votes to approve the Supplementary Estimates for 2025/26 will take place on 4 March 2026. These will cover the Government's revised spending plans for this year.
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Research Briefing
Finland: Domestic politics and the Orpo Government since 2023
Finland has been led by a centre-right government since 2023, bringing together the centre-right National Coalition Party and the right-wing Finns Party
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Research Briefing
UK immigration fees
UK visa fees and charges have increased significantly since the 2000s. The revenue helps fund the Home Office and NHS but there are complaints that rates are too high.
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Research Briefing
Finland: New security outlook
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has prompted a rapid change in security outlook in Finland
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Research Briefing
Voting age
The UK Government has introduced a bill to make 16 the voting age for all elections. This briefing details the voting age for UK elections and the debate about lowering the voting age.
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Research Briefing
Eating disorders
This briefing outlines the different types of eating disorders and current government policy to tackle eating disorders.
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Research Briefing
UNRWA and UK aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip 2023 to 2026
UK aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the position of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in 2026.
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Research Briefing
Tourism: statistics and policy
Inbound and outbound visits to and from the UK were at their highest recorded level in 2024. 2024 was also the first year since the covid-19 pandemic that visitor numbers exceeded 2019 levels.
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Research Briefing
Income tax: freezing the personal allowance and the higher rate threshold
In the 2021 Budget the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the income tax personal allowance and the higher rate threshold would be frozen for four years from 2022/23 to 2025/26.
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Research Briefing
National Minimum Wage statistics
This briefing looks at trends in UK National Minimum Wages, minimum wage jobs and how the UK compares internationally.
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Research Briefing
Hospitality: statistics and policy
There are approximately 170,000 hospitality businesses in the UK, of which 97.7% are small businesses. The costs of labour and materials are challenges to hospitality businesses' turnover.
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Research Briefing
How much legislation does the UK Parliament consider?
The UK Parliament passed an average of 36 acts a year over the last 10 years.
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Research Briefing
Prison population statistics
In 2024, there were around 87,300 prisoners in England and Wales, which was the highest level recorded since 1900. This equates to 170 prisoners per 100,000 people aged 15 or older. The prison population is also expected to increase to around 100,000 by 2030.
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