Research Briefing
What help can people receive from the consular service when they are abroad? This briefing highlights relevant guidance and discusses proposals for a legal right to consular assistance in cases involving human rights.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at the changes made by the January 2024 Safeguarding the Union Command Paper to the operation of the Windsor Framework and Internal Market Act, and other measures affecting the trade in goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Research Briefing
This briefing explains where the government is up to with plans to introduce Sharia-compliant student finance in England.
Research Briefing
The European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill 2024-25 second reading is scheduled for Friday 6 December 2024. This is a private members' bill.
Research Briefing
The Department for Education will end its grant for cadet forces in 2024–25, although Ministry of Defence funding will continue.
Research Briefing
This briefing provides an overview of equality law, summarising the main concepts and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Research Briefing
The Cabinet Secretary is the Head of the Home Civil Service. They are appointed by the Prime Minister following a recruitment process.
Research Briefing
National Education Union members who teach in non-academy sixth form colleges will strike this winter because the 5.5% pay award for teachers does not extend to them.
Research Briefing
Current UK legislation to control drugs, the enforcement of drug laws and calls for reform to the classification of drugs in the UK.
Research Briefing
Outside London and Manchester, England's bus market is largely deregulated. The Labour government has pledged to give local authorities more influence over how their buses are run.
Economic updates,Research Briefing
With inflation close to its 2% target, the Bank of England cut its interest rate to 4.75% in November, but it now expects higher inflation and growth than it did before the Budget.
Research Briefing
The UK and EU have, since 2021, been negotiating a proposed agreement on Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU. This briefing provides background and an overview of the talks so far
Research Briefing
This briefing analyses the debate on the interaction between the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010.
Research Briefing
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25 has its second reading on 29 November 2024. This Library briefing provides an overview of the bill and key areas of debate.
Research Briefing
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-25 will introduce a generational ban on the sale of tobacco, and further regulate vapes and vaping products.
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