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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Clive Lewis almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Mar 2022:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022
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On 10 Jan 2022:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Clive Lewis voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Clive Lewis voted against reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Clive Lewis voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Clive Lewis voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis voted against reducing the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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 May 2022:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 21 Sep 2021:
Clive Lewis voted against rising prices, lower benefits, and higher taxes particularly for low and middle income workers.
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On 15 Sep 2021:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis voted not to cut housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Clive Lewis voted against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 8 Jun 2016:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Human Rights — Steel Industry — Budget Setting Principle
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On 27 Jan 2016:
Clive Lewis voted against planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Jan 2016:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Universal Credit Work Allowance — Decision to Cut
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On 18 Nov 2015:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis voted against an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Oct 2015:
Clive Lewis voted against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 4 Jun 2015:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Spending Cuts, Welfare Changes and Trident
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