Research Briefing
This briefing paper sets out the current legal position in respect of shop opening hours in England and Wales. It also outlines the rights of Sunday shop workers contained in the Enterprise Act 2016.
Research Briefing
The Warm Home Discount (WHD) scheme for Winter 2025-26 opened at the end of October 2025. This briefing outlines the new eligibility rules and how they are different for Winter 2025-26.
Research Briefing
A debate E-petition 713714 relating to funding and care for people with Parkinson's is scheduled to take place in Westminster Hall on Monday 17 November 2025.
Constituency casework,Research Briefing
Answers to frequently asked questions relating to banking, credit, mortgages, investments and financial service fraud.
Research Briefing
This paper looks at relative levels of deprivation across constituencies in England, including which constituencies have become more deprived or less deprived relative to other areas.
Research Briefing
Politicians in the UK have expressed interest in Denmark's approach to granting asylum and the integration of refugees.
Research Briefing
Disabled people with autism people face one of the widest pay gaps of all disability groups. This briefing paper outlines statistics on employment, government policy, and employment support programmes.
Research Briefing
In 2022, the UK Government relaunched its development finance institution. This paper describes its work and effects on poverty reduction and climate change.
Research Briefing
Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes are a new type of pension scheme in the UK. Sometimes also referred to as Collective Money Purchase Schemes, CDCs were introduced by the Pension Schemes Act 2021.
Research Briefing
The briefing provides information on NHS charges and looks at proposed changes to the charging regime.
Constituency casework,Research Briefing
How parents may raise concerns about both state and independent schools in England.
Research Briefing
Certain decisions in combined authorities, and in the devolved parliaments, require supermajorities (a higher threshold than a simple majority.)
Research Briefing
The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill 2024-26 was introduced in the House of Commons on 14 October 2025. The second reading for the bill took place on 18 November 2025.
Research Briefing
A briefing on energy and climate relations between the UK and the EU, prepared for a breakout session of the sixth UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) meeting.
Research Briefing
A public inquiry is an investigation set up by a minister to respond to events of major public concern or to consider controversial public policy issues.
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