Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Food Supply and Food Security
How has coronavirus impacted both food supply chains and food security in the UK? This briefing explores the latest facts and figures.
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Research Briefing
Covid-19: Improving Income Equality and Sustainability
The current health emergency is likely to have a disproportionately negative effect on the economic position of lower-paid people, young people, and women.
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Research Briefing
Economic Assessments for the European Union
The UK must send an assessment of its economic position to the European Union. Parliament is required to approve the documents which form the basis of this assessment.
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In Focus
British Business Bank: Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans
The British Business Bank operates a series of loan schemes to support companies during the pandemic, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). This article summarises the schemes and policy debates around them. It includes data on loan take-up up to 22 April. Coronavirus support through the British Business Bank is the subject of an oral question in the House of Lords on 30 April 2020.
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Coronavirus and the telecoms industry
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen an increase in homeworking and other online activity, such as video streaming. This increase in demand has affected both telecoms providers and engineers. This article summarises the scale of this increased demand and the measures taken to meet it.
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Research Briefing
Covid-19: Impact on People Living in Poverty
Policies to tackle the impact of Covid-19 on those living in poverty is explored in this briefing.
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Coronavirus: The impact on other vaccination programmes
The Covid-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on the delivery of other vaccination programmes around the world. In April 2020, the UN estimated that vaccination programmes in 24 countries had been delayed due to Covid-19. This article looks at why it is important that other vaccination programmes continue, focusing in particular on the measles vaccine.
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Research Briefing
Covid-19: Challenges Facing the Charitable and Voluntary Sector
Charities could lose revenue as a result of Covid-19 yet their services are in increased demand because of the crisis.
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Coronavirus: How do we measure its economic impact?
Most official data is produced with a lag, making timely assessments of the economic impact of coronavirus difficult. The disruption may also have made it harder to collect accurate statistics. This article looks at a new set of indicators that the Office for National Statistics has produced to address these issues. It also reports suggestions for other measures to shed light on the impact of the pandemic, including from countries.
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Coronavirus: The challenge for prisons and offenders
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on prisons and offenders. This article looks at why this population are more at risk from the outbreak, what the current situation is in England and Wales, and what the Government have announced to help support prisons and offenders during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Research Briefing
Covid-19: Social and Domiciliary Care
The social and domiciliary care sector is under huge strain as it tries to meet the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Government has introduced several measures, principally through the Coronavirus Act 2020, which it says are aimed to help the sector cope at such unprecedented times. However, concern has been expressed that the changes may have unintended negative consequences for some of the most vulnerable in society.
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Coronavirus testing: Could genome-editing tool CRISPR provide the answer?
CRISPR (clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a genome editing tool. Scientists continue to research the potential uses of CRISPR technology. The coronavirus pandemic has seen an increase in the demand for diagnostic testing. This article discusses what CRISPR is and its potential role in diagnostics.
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In Focus
Coronavirus: What does it mean for the Brexit transition period? (Part 2 of 2)
This article looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is having an impact on the Brexit transition period. It explores what the continued application of EU law during the transition means for the UK’s response to coronavirus, for example on state aid and participation in EU initiatives to procure ventilators. It also looks at what role there would be for Parliament in any decision to extend the transition period beyond December 2020.
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In Focus
Coronavirus: What does it mean for the Brexit transition period? (Part 1 of 2)
This article looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is having an impact on the Brexit transition period. It explores how the pandemic has affected the timing and format of the UK-EU future relationship negotiations, and the ability of governments on both sides to focus on them. It also covers the effect on the UK’s implementation of the citizens’ rights and Northern Ireland provisions of the withdrawal agreement.
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