Research Briefing
Syria after Assad: Consequences and interim authorities 2025
What has happened in Syria after the fall of Assad, who are the main actors, and how has the UK and others responded?
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Research Briefing
Alcohol licensing: the late night levy
Local authorities can introduce a late night levy to help with the costs of policing the late-night economy.
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Research Briefing
Business Appointment Rules
Ministers and civil servants leaving office are subject to rules regarding appointment in other sectors. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) administers the rules.
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Research Briefing
Iran: Impacts of June 2025 Israel and US strikes
Describes the effects of the strikes, the domestic situation in Iran, and outlook for the region and Iran's nuclear programme
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Research Briefing
Absent voting
This briefing provides information on the arrangements for absent voting. It also outlines the changes to absent voting resulting from the Elections Act 2022.
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Research Briefing
Petitions in the UK
This briefing paper sets out trends in petitioning to the UK Parliament and devolved institutions. It provides a range of statistics on the number of petitions, the geography of participation in petitioning, and provides information on the largest petitions submitted to the UK Parliament and other bodies.
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Research Briefing
15 years of the Backbench Business Committee
The Backbench Business Committee was created in 2010 to schedule business in the House of Commons proposed by backbench MPs.
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Research Briefing
The next elections bill?
The government proposes reducing the voting age to 16, reviewing voter ID, improving voter registration and strengthening political donation rules.
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Research Briefing
What are synthetic drugs?
New, synthetic versions of harmful drugs, including synthetic opioids and synthetic cannabinoids, are increasingly found in UK’s illegal drug markets.
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Research Briefing
VE Day and VJ Day: Commemorations for the 80th anniversaries
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, with a series of commemorative events planned.
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Research Briefing
Capital gains tax : recent developments
This briefing discusses the reforms made to capital gains tax since 2008, including the most recent changes announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget.
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Military assistance to Ukraine (February 2022 to January 2025)
An overview of the military assistance provided to Ukraine between February 2022 and January 2025
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Research Briefing
The Fair Funding Review 2.0: How will council funding change?
The government proposes to change the way total funding for local authorities is distributed, aiming to make it fairer and simpler.
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Research Briefing
Petition on repealing and replacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act
In 2024, the government announced it would repeal and replace the Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. Petition 725716 calls on the government to protect veterans from prosecution and not make changes to the legislation has received over 165,000 signatures and will be the subject of a debate in Westminster Hall on 14 July 2025.
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Research Briefing
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]
The bill aims to modernise UK property law by formally recognising a third category of personal property, which might be applied to digital assets – like cryptocurrencies and others. The bill has its second reading in the Commons on 16 July 2025.
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