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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Lord Pickles consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
TheyWorkForYou has automatically calculated this MP’s stance based on all
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data on PublicWhip.org.uk.
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On 16 Nov 2016:
Lord Pickles voted in favour of reductions to the work allowance element of universal credit and reductions to employment and support allowance and against analysing how changes impact those in different incomes.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Lord Pickles voted for cuts in housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Lord Pickles voted for reducing public borrowing and for capping welfare spending.
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On 8 Jun 2016:
Lord Pickles voted for reductions in benefits for disabled and ill claimants required to participate in activities intended to increase their chances of obtaining work.
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On 26 May 2016:
Lord Pickles was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Human Rights — Steel Industry — Budget Setting Principle
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Lord Pickles voted against making the removal of the work-related activity component from employment and support allowance conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Lord Pickles voted against making the removal of the limited capability for work element of universal credit conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Lord Pickles voted to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Lord Pickles voted to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Jan 2016:
Lord Pickles was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Application of Housing Benefit Cuts to Supported Housing
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On 6 Jan 2016:
Lord Pickles voted in favour of cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Nov 2015:
Lord Pickles voted for proposed cuts to tax credits and against investment aimed at growing a productive economy focused on science, technology and green jobs.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lord Pickles voted in favour of reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles voted to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lord Pickles voted to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Lord Pickles 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 Oct 2015:
Lord Pickles voted in favour of an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Oct 2015:
Lord Pickles voted for reducing public borrowing and in favour of capping welfare spending.
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On 15 Sep 2015:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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 14 Jul 2015:
Lord Pickles 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 4 Jun 2015:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles voted yes on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
Lord Pickles voted to cap the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year.
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On 25 Mar 2014:
Lord Pickles voted to approve the March 2014 budget, increasing the personal income tax allowance, reducing corporation tax, capping welfare spending, reducing alcohol duties and more.
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On 11 Feb 2014:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Lord Pickles voted in favour of reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Lord Pickles voted for a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Lord Pickles voted in favour of a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Lord Pickles voted to set 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:
Lord Pickles voted to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% rather allow them to be increased by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Lord Pickles voted to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% rather than allow them to increase by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles 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:
Lord Pickles voted not to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Lord Pickles voted not 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 1 Feb 2012:
Lord Pickles voted not to require the housing cost element of universal credit 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 31 Jan 2012:
Lord Pickles voted to move 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:
Lord Pickles voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Lord Pickles voted against introducing a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Lord Pickles voted against a proposal 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:
Lord Pickles voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Lord Pickles voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Lord Pickles voted in favour of scrapping the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Lord Pickles voted to support the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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On 9 Nov 2010:
Lord Pickles was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit
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