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DWP benefits that are linked to inflation rise by 1.7% in April 2025, as do inflation-linked benefits administered by HMRC. The basic and new State Pension will be uprated by 4.1% from April 2025. This note outlines details of uprated amounts for the relevant benefits from April 2025.
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An overview of the UK's financial services sector and key statistics including economic output, jobs, trade and tax.
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The government's pensions investment review is seeking to increase investment by pension schemes. Here we look at the policy debate on how defined contribution pension schemes invest.
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In August 2024 Thailand’s Move Forward political party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court. This briefing paper looks at the Move Forward party, the Court’s decision, and other events in Thai politics since the May 2023 general election
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This briefing explains why some post-16 qualifications, including BTECs, will have their funding removed as part of a reformed level 3 qualification landscape.
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Ahead of its return to the Commons, this briefing summarises the House of Lords amendments to the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill 2024-25
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The Labour government's approach to reform of legacy EU laws is different from that of its Conservative predecessor. This briefing tracks changes in assimilated law in the first half of 2024 and looks at the future direction of reform following the General Election.
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The UK's programme to develop a combat aircraft to replace Typhoon from the 2030s.
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The condition, maintenance and repair of service accommodation has long been an issue for UK armed forces personnel.
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This briefing outlines the work of the Law Commission of England and Wales and describes the parliamentary procedures used to implement Law Commission recommendations.
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This briefing looks at what is the BRICS organisation, how it works, what its members (originally Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have in common, the outcomes of the 2024 Kazan summit in Russia, and how its recent expansion (to include Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, and the UAE) will affect the group
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The Financial Assistance to Ukraine Bill will allow the government to contribute to the G7 loan agreement to Ukraine that was agreed in June 2024.
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This briefing provides an overview of the housing support available to veterans across the UK.
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Austria held legislative elections on 29 September 2024. 183 members of the National Council were elected. As no party gained a majority of seats in the legislature, coalition talks to form a government continue.
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As states sanction Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, this briefing sets out the arguments around seizing another state's assets, and explains the intensifying debate on how international law affects sanctions.
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