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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Lucy Powell almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Maw 2022:
Lucy Powell 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 Chw 2022:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022
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On 10 Ion 2022:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap
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On 2 Maw 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Maw 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Chw 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Chw 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Med 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against reducing the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Gor 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Gor 2015:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Second Reading
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On 14 Gor 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 17 Ion 2014:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Ion 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Tach 2012:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against capping 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 18 Mai 2022:
Lucy Powell 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 Ion 2022:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments
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On 10 Ion 2022:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 21 Med 2021:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against rising prices, lower benefits, and higher taxes particularly for low and middle income workers.
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On 15 Med 2021:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Chw 2021:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2021:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Tach 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Gor 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio not to cut housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Gor 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 8 Meh 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against 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 Mai 2016:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Human Rights — Steel Industry — Budget Setting Principle
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On 27 Ion 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Ion 2016:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Tach 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Hyd 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Hyd 2015:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Hyd 2015:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility — Aiming for Budget Surplus — Cap on Welfare Spending
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On 4 Meh 2015:
Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Spending Cuts, Welfare Changes and Trident
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On 13 Ion 2015:
Lucy Powell Fe wnaeth pleidleisio yes ar Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Maw 2014:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to cap the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year.
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On 25 Maw 2014:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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 Chw 2014:
Lucy Powell 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 Tach 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Tach 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Chw 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 8 Ion 2013:
Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio 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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