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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Nick Clegg voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Removal of Work Related Activity Component from Employment and Support Allowance — Impact Assessment and Parliamentary Approval of Implementation
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Removal of Limited Capability for Work Component from Universal Credit — Impact Assessment and Parliamentary Approval of Implementation
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Nick Clegg voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Nick Clegg voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Nick Clegg voted against reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Nick Clegg voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Nick Clegg 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:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Third Reading
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On 15 Sep 2015:
Nick Clegg voted against reducing the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Nick Clegg 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 20 Jul 2015:
Nick Clegg 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:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Summer Budget 2015
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On 17 Jan 2014:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clause 1 — Rate of Increase of Certain Benefits, Payments and Tax Credits
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clauses 1 to 3 and Schedule — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Nick Clegg voted to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% rather than allow them to increase by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Nick Clegg voted to cap 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:
Nick Clegg voted to cap 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:
Nick Clegg voted to introduce under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and to set the rates of Local Housing Allowance which applies to private rented accommodation.
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On 21 Feb 2012:
Nick Clegg voted not to add proposed exclusions from a reduction in housing benefits due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Nick Clegg voted not 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:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those With Cancer
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Nick Clegg voted not to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Nick Clegg voted not 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:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Move from Council Tax Benefit to Council Tax Reduction Schemes
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On 15 Jun 2011:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Nick Clegg 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:
Nick Clegg 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:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 16 Nov 2016:
Nick Clegg voted against reductions to the work allowance element of universal credit and reductions to employment and support allowance and in favour of analysing how changes impact those in different incomes.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit Cuts — Supported Housing
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility — Reducing Public Borrowing — Cap on Welfare Spending
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On 8 Jun 2016:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Benefit Cuts for Disabled and Ill People Required to Participate in Activities Intended to Increase Their Chances of Obtaining Work
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On 26 May 2016:
Nick Clegg voted against repealing the Human Rights Act 1998; for plans to save the steel industry including fast-tracking infrastructure projects requiring large amounts of steel; and for a principle of the Government not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending.
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On 27 Jan 2016:
Nick Clegg voted against planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Jan 2016:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Universal Credit Work Allowance — Decision to Cut
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On 18 Nov 2015:
Nick Clegg 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:
Nick Clegg voted for a transitional scheme to protect those currently receiving tax credits as reductions in the amounts paid are brought in.
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On 20 Oct 2015:
Nick Clegg voted against an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Oct 2015:
Nick Clegg voted against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 4 Jun 2015:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Spending Cuts, Welfare Changes and Trident
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On 13 Jan 2015:
Nick Clegg voted yes on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap — Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 25 Mar 2014:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on March 2014 Budget
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On 11 Feb 2014:
Nick Clegg 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:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Nick Clegg voted in favour of capping any increase in working age benefits and tax credits at 1% rather than potentially allowing them to rise by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Nick Clegg voted against those who have been ill or disabled since their youth recieving 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:
Nick Clegg voted not to require the housing cost element of universal credit 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:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 9 Nov 2010:
Nick Clegg was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit
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