Spending on Welfare Benefits
There have been votes in Parliament on the level of spending on welfare benefits. Specific matters voted on include a cap on the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year, the rate of increase of various benefits, and the operation of specific benefits.
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Michael Meacher almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — New Clause 1 — Repeal of Tax Credits Regulations 2015
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Clause 13 — Employment and Support Allowance: Work-Related Activity Component
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Clause 14 — Universal Credit: Limited Capability for Work Element
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Third Reading
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On 15 Sep 2015:
Michael Meacher voted against reducing the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Michael Meacher voted against reducing the household benefit cap, against freezing the rate of many working-age benefits, against reducing social rents in England and against other changes to the benefits system.
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On 14 Jul 2015:
Michael Meacher voted against the Summer 2015 budget which, among other measures, increased the minimum wage, replaced student maintenance grants with loans and cut tax credits.
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On 17 Jan 2014:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Michael Meacher voted against setting the rate of increase of certain benefits, payments and tax credits at 1% rather than in line with prices at 2.2% for 2014 and 2015
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Michael Meacher voted not to cap specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% potentially allowing them to increase by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Michael Meacher voted not to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% given an increase in prices of 2.2%.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Michael Meacher voted against capping any increase discretionary working age benefits and tax credits at 1% in 2014-15 and 2015-16
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On 21 Nov 2012:
Michael Meacher voted against capping the total amount of welfare benefits an individual can claim from April 2013 at £350 for a single person and £500 for couple per week.
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On 24 Oct 2012:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates
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On 21 Feb 2012:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to increase the time people can receive contribution based ESA from one year to at least 730 days.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to allow those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment to continue to receive contribution based Employment and Support Allowance after the usual 365 day limit is reached.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate.
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On 31 Jan 2012:
Michael Meacher voted against moving from a national council tax benefit to a system of local councils administering council tax reductions for those in financial need.
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On 15 Jun 2011:
Michael Meacher voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — New Clause 2 — Childcare Element in Universal Credit
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 5 — Exclusion of Up to Fifty Thousand Pounds in an ISA from Capital Used to Determine Universal Credit Eligibility
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Michael Meacher voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 18 Nov 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — The Economy — Tax Credits — Investment in Science, Technology and Green Jobs
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — New Clause 8 — Tax Credit Reductions — Transitional Protection
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On 20 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Tax Credits
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On 14 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility — Aiming for Budget Surplus — Cap on Welfare Spending
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On 4 Jun 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Spending Cuts, Welfare Changes and Trident
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On 13 Jan 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap — Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 25 Mar 2014:
Michael Meacher voted against the the March 2014 budget, against increasing the personal income tax allowance, against reducing corporation tax, against capping welfare spending, against reducing alcohol duties and more.
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On 11 Feb 2014:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Halt Further Spending and Welfare Cuts and Investigation Impact of Austerity Measures
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Michael Meacher voted against reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Michael Meacher voted against a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Michael Meacher voted against capping proposed increases in working age benefits and tax credits at 1% potentially allowing them to rise by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Michael Meacher voted for those who have been ill or disabled since their youth to receive Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to require the housing cost element of universal credit to be sufficient to cover the actual cost of housing for social tenants in cases where no offer of alternative accommodation has been made and the household has no more than one spare bedroom.
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Michael Meacher voted to call on the Government to keep the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Michael Meacher voted against the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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On 9 Nov 2010:
Michael Meacher voted against reducing housing benefit for those who have been on Jobseekers Allowance for over a year.
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