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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David Cameron generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 20 Jul 2016:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit Cuts — Supported Housing
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On 20 Jul 2016:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Human Rights — Steel Industry — Budget Setting Principle
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On 2 Mar 2016:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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 23 Feb 2016:
David Cameron 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 Jan 2016:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Application of Housing Benefit Cuts to Supported Housing
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On 6 Jan 2016:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Universal Credit Work Allowance — Decision to Cut
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On 18 Nov 2015:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron voted in favour of reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
David Cameron voted against a transitional scheme to protect those currently receiving tax credits as reductions in the amounts paid are brought in.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Third Reading
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On 20 Oct 2015:
David Cameron voted in favour of an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Oct 2015:
David Cameron voted for reducing public borrowing and in favour of capping welfare spending.
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On 15 Sep 2015:
David Cameron voted to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
David Cameron voted to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
David Cameron voted to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 4 Jun 2015:
David Cameron voted in favour of proposed spending cuts and changes to the welfare system and in favour of spending on new nuclear weapons.
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On 13 Jan 2015:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
David Cameron voted to cap the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year.
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On 25 Mar 2014:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on March 2014 Budget
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On 11 Feb 2014:
David Cameron 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 17 Jan 2014:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 12 Nov 2013:
David Cameron voted in favour of reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
David Cameron voted for a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Feb 2013:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)
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On 21 Jan 2013:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Third Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 8 Jan 2013:
David Cameron 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 8 Jan 2013:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron voted not to make an exception for those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment from the 365 day limit on receiving contribution based Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Cameron voted not to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 10 — Universal Credit Payments In Relation to Disabled Children and Young People
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs
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On 31 Jan 2012:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading
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On 13 Jun 2011:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron 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:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 9 Mar 2011:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 19 Jan 2011:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 19 Jan 2011:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 9 Nov 2010:
David Cameron was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit
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