House of Commons Library briefings: Key Issues 2017
27 June 2017
Key Issues 2017 is a series of short briefings on the topics that will take centre stage in UK and international politics in the June Parliament.
Key Issues 2017 is a series of short briefings on the topics that will take centre stage in UK and international politics in the June Parliament.
LGBT young people continue to face significant challenges in Britain’s schools, finds a June 2017 Stonewall report.
In June 2017, Isabel Shutes and Sarah Walker wrote an article examining the gendered effects of restricting EU migrants’ access to rights to residence and to social benefits in relation to work, self-sufficiency and family.
More than a million households living in private rented accommodation risk of becoming homeless by 2020, finds a June 2017 report by Shelter. Â And the most important factor here is the shortfall between housing benefit and the cost of private renting.
Think Business, Think Equality (developed by Close the Gap) have in June 2017 launched an online self-assessment tool for small and medium businesses to find out how their business can benefit from improved gender diversity.Â
Every year hundreds of thousands of people in the UKÂ are attacked and harassed because they are seen as different, says a June 2017 Amnesty International briefing. Â And the response from authorities is inadequate.
Generational wealth progress has gone into reverse, finds a June 2017 report from the Resolution Foundation.
In a June 2017 article for Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr criticises the lack of female voices as UK negotiations with the EU begin.
The Independent Food Network (Ifan) has been carrying out research on the growth of food banks out side of the Trussell Trust network, Britain’s biggest food bank network.
Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June.