Lucy Powell generally voted against reducing central government funding of local government

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Major votes

• On 5 Chw 2019: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against setting the main central government grant to local government for 2018-19 at a level 56% lower than it was set for 2017-18. Show vote
• On 7 Chw 2018: Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Local Government Finance (England) 2018-19 — Level of Revenue Support Grant Show vote
• On 22 Chw 2017: Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Local Government Finance (England) Show vote
• On 10 Chw 2016: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against setting the main central government grant to local government for 2016-17 at a level 24.6% lower than it was set for 2015-16. Show vote
• On 10 Chw 2015: Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Local Government Finance Report 2015-16 — Level of Revenue Support Grant Show vote
• On 13 Chw 2013: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against approving the amounts of Revenue Support Grant proposed by Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to pay to local councils in 2013-14 Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • local councils keeping money raised from taxes on business premises in their areas

Minor votes

• 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. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 25 Ion 2021: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio for providing councils with funding to support their work tackling COVID-19. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • public health measures and social restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19
• On 28 Maw 2018: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to review local government funding, and to immediately provide more resources to local government. Show vote