VAT Rate
There have been votes in Parliament on the rate at which Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged.
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Michael Meacher generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT
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On 26 Oct 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Finance Bill 2015-16 — Third Reading
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On 21 Jul 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Finance Bill 2015-16 — Decline Second Reading
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On 21 Jul 2015:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Finance Bill 2015-16 — Second Reading
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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 18 Apr 2013:
Michael Meacher voted to reduce VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 5 Sep 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to introduce a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 additional affordable homes, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT on home improvements and to call on the Government to create jobs.
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On 5 Sep 2012:
Michael Meacher voted against levying a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 affordable homes, against investing in infrastructure, and against cutting VAT on works on homes.
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On 3 Jul 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to cut VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 17 May 2012:
Michael Meacher voted for measures to stimulate economic growth and job creation; for a tax on bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for over a year; to reduce VAT; for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 17 May 2012:
Michael Meacher voted to create jobs; to tax bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for a year; to cut VAT; to give a tax break to small firms taking on more workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 16 May 2012:
Michael Meacher voted in favour of reducing public transport fares, and reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy.
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On 11 Jan 2012:
Michael Meacher voted in favour of a series of measures aimed at making energy bills more affordable, including extending benefits, reforming the energy market, reducing VAT on home improvements and reforming the Green Deal scheme.
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On 14 Dec 2011:
Michael Meacher voted to create 100,000 jobs and build 25,000 homes using funds raised via a bank bonus tax, to reduce VAT on home improvements and for tax breaks for small firms taking on new workers.
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On 23 Nov 2011:
Michael Meacher voted to start long-term investment projects sooner, to reduce VAT on home improvements and repairs, and to give a tax break to small companies employing new workers.
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On 9 Nov 2011:
Michael Meacher voted to introduce a tax on bank bonuses to guarantee a job for 100,000 young people and build 25,000 affordable homes; to make investment sooner; to reducing VAT, and to introduce a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
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On 12 Oct 2011:
Michael Meacher voted to create more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT and for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
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On 28 Jun 2011:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2011
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On 22 Jun 2011:
Michael Meacher voted to reduce the deficit over a longer period, to cut VAT to 17.5%, to repeat the 2010 bank bonus tax, to build 25,000 affordable homes and create 100,000 jobs for young people.
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On 20 Jul 2010:
Michael Meacher voted to oppose the 2010 Finance Bill which included an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% among other measures.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — Rate of Value Added Tax
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Michael Meacher voted to exempt charities' charitable activities from the January 2011 increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20%.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Michael Meacher voted to delay the increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% by a year from 4 January 2011 to the 4 January 2012 if a report on the effects of the VAT rise had not been completed.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Michael Meacher voted against increasing Value Added Tax from 17.5% to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 6 Jul 2010:
Michael Meacher voted to oppose the 2010 Finance Bill which included an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% among other measures.
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On 28 Jun 2010:
Michael Meacher voted not to raise VAT to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 17 Dec 2008:
Michael Meacher was absent for a vote on Reduction of VAT from 17.5% to 15%
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