HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY

• Household Debt: Key Economic Indicators (22 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02885/.

• Help with energy bills (22 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06163/.

• Local Housing Allowance (LHA): Help with rent for private tenants (21 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04957/.

• Economic update: Growth remains flat and more people are in energy bill debt (20 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-update-growth-remains-flat-and-more-people-are-in-energy-bill-debt/.

• Recall elections (20 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05089/.

• Company audits: issues and proposed reforms (19 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8385/.

• Local authority data: Adult Disability Payment rollout (19 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/local-authority-data-adult-disability-payment/.

• Constituency data: Personal Independence Payment (19 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-personal-independence-payment-2/.

• Freeholders’ estate and service charges (19 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/freeholders-estate-and-service-charges/.

• What powers do ministers have to reform retained EU laws? (19 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/what-powers-do-ministers-have-to-reform-retained-eu-laws/.

• The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: progress of the Bill (18 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9803/.

• Average earnings by age and region (18 December 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8456/.

HOUSE OF LORDS LIBRARY

• Parliamentary democracy and standards in public life in 2023 (21 December 2023)
  https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/parliamentary-democracy-and-standards-in-public-life-in-2023/.

• Ministers in the House of Lords: Role and accountability to Parliament (20 December 2023)
  https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/ministers-in-the-house-of-lords/.

LATEST NEWS

• Financial distress in local authorities – Levelling Up Committee Chair encourages organisations to respond to Government funding consultation (20 December 2023)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/199157/financial-distress-in-local-authorities-levelling-up-committee-chair-encourages-organisations-to-respond-to-government-funding-consultation/.

• Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has second reading in the Lords (20 December 2023)
  https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/december-2023/lords-debates-data-protection-and-digital-information-bill/.

• Voter ID requirements should be made more accessible ahead of elections (19 December 2023)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/172/constitution-committee/news/199095/voter-id-requirements-should-be-made-more-accessible-ahead-of-elections/.

PALACE OF WESTMINSTER VISITS

Tickets are now on sale for guided or audio guided tours of the Palace of Westminster. Tours are available to book most Saturdays and weekdays during parliamentary recesses through to the end of February. Details can be found at https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/october-2023/visit-the-palace-of-westminster-this-winter/.