VAT Rate
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Charles Walker generally voted for increasing the rate of VAT
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On 18 Apr 2013:
Charles Walker voted against reducing VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 3 Jul 2012:
Charles Walker was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — Rate of VAT
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On 28 Jun 2011:
Charles Walker was absent for a vote on Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2011
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On 20 Jul 2010:
Charles Walker voted to support 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:
Charles Walker voted to increase Value Added Tax from 17.5% to 20% as of the 4th of January 2011.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Charles Walker voted to increase in Value Added Tax from 17.5% to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 6 Jul 2010:
Charles Walker was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — Second Reading
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On 28 Jun 2010:
Charles Walker voted to raise VAT to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 17 Dec 2008:
Charles Walker voted yes on Reduction of VAT from 17.5% to 15%
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On 18 May 2022:
Charles Walker voted not to express support for a broad set of policies put forward by the leader of the Liberal Democrats. The policies in question were: providing more help to unpaid carers; tackling issues in education relating to special educational needs or disability; supporting pupils impacted by the pandemic; doing more in respect of the cost of living; cutting VAT from 20 to 17.5%; tackling violence against women and girls; providing sanctuary to refugees fleeing war and persecution; tackling the shortage of GPs and dentists; tackling longer ambulance waiting times; restoring the target of 0.7% of Gross National Income for aid, and not cutting the armed forces.
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On 11 Jan 2022:
Charles Walker voted against cutting VAT on household energy bills.
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On 25 Jun 2019:
Charles Walker voted to exclude wind and water turbines from a special reduced rate of VAT applying to the supply and installation of energy-saving materials in residential accommodation.
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On 26 Oct 2015:
Charles Walker voted for the measures in the Finance Bill including an increase in the income tax personal allowance, and to cap the rates of VAT and income tax at their existing rates until the next general election.
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On 21 Jul 2015:
Charles Walker voted for the measures in the Finance Bill including an increase in the income tax personal allowance, and to cap the rates of VAT and income tax at their existing rates until the next general election.
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On 21 Jul 2015:
Charles Walker voted for the measures in the Finance Bill including an increase in the income tax personal allowance, and to cap the rates of VAT and income tax at their existing rates until the next general election.
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On 14 Jul 2015:
Charles Walker voted in favour of 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 5 Sep 2012:
Charles Walker voted against introducing a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 additional affordable homes, against making planned investment sooner, against reducing VAT on home improvements and against calling on the Government to create jobs.
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On 5 Sep 2012:
Charles Walker voted to levy a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 affordable homes, to invest in infrastructure, to cut VAT on works on homes.
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On 17 May 2012:
Charles Walker voted against measures to stimulate economic growth and job creation; against a tax on bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for over a year; against reducing VAT; against a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers and against making infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 17 May 2012:
Charles Walker voted against creating jobs; a tax on bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for a year; a VAT cut; a tax break for small firms taking on more workers and making infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 16 May 2012:
Charles Walker voted against reducing public transport fares, and against reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy.
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On 11 Jan 2012:
Charles Walker voted against 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:
Charles Walker voted against creating 100,000 jobs and building 25,000 homes using funds raised via a bank bonus tax, against reducing VAT on home improvements and against tax breaks for small firms taking on new workers.
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On 23 Nov 2011:
Charles Walker voted against starting long-term investment projects sooner, against reducing VAT on home improvements and repairs, and against giving a tax break to small companies employing new workers.
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On 9 Nov 2011:
Charles Walker voted against introducing a tax on bank bonuses to guarantee a job for 100,000 young people and build 25,000 affordable homes; against making investment sooner; against reducing VAT, and against a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
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On 12 Oct 2011:
Charles Walker voted against creating more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, making planned investment sooner, reducing VAT and a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
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On 22 Jun 2011:
Charles Walker voted against Labour proposals 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 13 Jul 2010:
Charles Walker voted against exempting charities' charitable activities from the January 2011 increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20%.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Charles Walker voted against delaying 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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