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Welfare & Benefits

Welfare benefits for the sick, needy and unemployed include PIP, ESA, Housing Benefits and Universal Credit. They're often debated in Parliament: see what MPs have been saying and how they've voted.

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Recent votes on Welfare & Benefits

  • The majority of MPs voted not to express support for a series of policy proposals put forward by the leader of the Scottish National Party Ian Blackford MP. The policies in question were: protecting workers' rights, doing more in respect of the cost of living and climate change; increasing benefits; imposing windfall taxes; retaining existing EU derived law and retaining the existing Human Rights Act. Show debate 18 May 2022
  • The majority of MPs voted to increase the rates of various tax credits and benefits, including Child Benefit, Working Tax Credits and related payments, by 3.1% in line with inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index. Show debate 2 Mar 2022
  • The majority of MPs voted yes on draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022 Show debate 7 Feb 2022
  • The majority of MPs voted for a range of tax and pensions provisions including keeping key income tax rates unchanged and to increase the normal pension age to 57 from 6 April 2028. Show debate 2 Feb 2022
  • The majority of MPs voted for measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, for reinstating extra universal credit, for a living wage of at least £10 an hour, for an energy payment for low income households and for a payment of £20 a week in respect of every child under 6. Show debate 24 Jan 2022

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