Research Briefing
By April 2011 most lone parents with a youngest child aged seven or over will no longer be able to claim Income Support but will instead have to claim Jobseeker's Allowance and be available for and seek paid work.
Research Briefing
The Welfare Reform Act 2009 includes provisions to enable piloting of mandatory 'work-related activity' for lone parents on Income Support and partners of benefit claimants with a youngest child aged 3-6. The Labour Government announced proposals to run 'pathfinders' in four Jobcentre Plus districts in England from October 2010.
Research Briefing
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on university admissions, from 2010.
Research Briefing
This note explains the single air navigation service charge legislated for in 2006 and implemented in full in January 2010.
Research Briefing
This book examines the key issues facing the new House of Commons - from the public finances to parliamentary reform and from the UK's energy mix to its strategic defence options.
Research Briefing
This Note explains the legislative framework in which low cost airlines have flourished and looks at some of the issues associated with these airlines in recent years.
Research Briefing
This note sets out the debate about the continued use of imperial measures and where they are still permitted in law.
Research Briefing
A research paper series that summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Article:'The General Election and the financial markets' and 'Greece's debt crises']
Research Briefing
This note traces the developments in the liberalisation of the air transport market within the European Union between 1986 and 2002.
Research Briefing
This note sets out the law relating to the provision of public conveniences and the powers of local authorities.
Research Briefing
This paper presents labour market data for Parliamentary Constituencies. A summary of the latest national and regional labour market data is given, along with a selection of relevant constituency-level indicators including the latest Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimant count data, for April 2010.
Research Briefing
This note sets out controls on workplace temperature relating to maximum and minimum temperatures.
Research Briefing
In April 2008 the House of Commons Procedure Committee published a report on e-Petitions. This note looks at the benefits and risks that the Procedure Committee identified in their report, and sets out some information about e-petitions systems in Queensland, Australia, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales. It also includes information about the No. 10 Downing Street e-petitions system, introduced in November 2006.
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