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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Lisa Nandy almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Mar 2022:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Draft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2022
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On 7 Feb 2022:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022
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On 10 Jan 2022:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Lisa Nandy voted to make the removal of the work-related activity component from employment and support allowance conditional on an impact assessment and to require Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Lisa Nandy voted to make the removal of the limited capability for work element of universal credit conditional on an impact assessment and to require Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Lisa Nandy voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Lisa Nandy voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lisa Nandy voted against reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lisa Nandy voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lisa Nandy voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lisa Nandy 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 15 Sep 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 — Reduction in Rates of Tax Credits
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Second Reading
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On 14 Jul 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Summer Budget 2015
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On 17 Jan 2014:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Draft Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations 2012 — Individual Benefits Cap
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On 24 Oct 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted against introducing under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and not to set the rates of Local Housing Allowance which applies to private rented accommodation.
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On 21 Feb 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted to exclude people in specified circumstances from a reduction in housing benefits due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy voted to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy voted to introduce a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Lisa Nandy voted to exclude up to fifty thousand pounds in an ISA from the assessment of capital used to determine if someone in work is eligible for Universal Credit.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 18 May 2022:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Programme for Government — Workers' Rights — Cost of Living — Climate — Benefits — Windfall Tax — Devolution — Human Rights
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On 24 Jan 2022:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments
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On 10 Jan 2022:
Lisa Nandy voted against balancing the national budget, against reducing public sector debt, against ensuring public sector investment does not exceed 3% of GDP, and against keeping spending on welfare under the cap set.
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On 21 Sep 2021:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Working People’s Finances: Government Policy
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On 15 Sep 2021:
Lisa Nandy voted in favour of continuing paying an additional twenty pounds a week to those on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit beyond April 2021; the additional sum had been introduced for one year in April 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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On 23 Feb 2021:
Lisa Nandy voted for a new partnership between an active state and enterprising business, to continue a COVID-19 related uplift in Universal Credit, to reverse the public sector worker pay freeze, for extra funding for councils to prevent council tax rises, and to establish a "British Recovery Bond" to enable people to invest via a scheme providing loans to new businesses.
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On 18 Jan 2021:
Lisa Nandy voted in favour of continuing paying an additional twenty pounds a week to those on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit beyond April 2021; the additional sum had been introduced for one year in April 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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On 16 Nov 2016:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy voted not to cut housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Lisa Nandy voted against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 8 Jun 2016:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Human Rights — Steel Industry — Budget Setting Principle
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On 27 Jan 2016:
Lisa Nandy voted against planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Jan 2016:
Lisa Nandy voted against cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Nov 2015:
Lisa Nandy voted against proposed cuts to tax credits and for investment aimed at growing a productive economy focused on science, technology and green jobs.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy voted against an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Oct 2015:
Lisa Nandy voted against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 4 Jun 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Spending Cuts, Welfare Changes and Trident
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On 13 Jan 2015:
Lisa Nandy voted yes on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
Lisa Nandy voted to cap the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year.
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On 25 Mar 2014:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy voted against reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Lisa Nandy voted against a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Lisa Nandy voted against a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy 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:
Lisa Nandy voted to call on the Government to keep the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Lisa Nandy voted against the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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On 9 Nov 2010:
Lisa Nandy voted against reducing housing benefit for those who have been on Jobseekers Allowance for over a year.
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