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Benefits Uprating Bill: Andrew George and Charles Kennedy’s arguments AGAINST
by Stephen Tall on January 22, 2013
The Government last night won the vote for its Benefits Uprating Bill, with the third and final reading passed by 305 votes to 246. A fortnight ago, six Lib Dem MPs voted against or abstained from the Coalition line that benefits rises should be capped at the same rate as public sector pay (a below […]
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++ Government wins vote on Benefits Uprating Bill; 6 Lib Dem MPs rebel
by Stephen Tall on January 8, 2013
There were no serious doubts the Coalition Government’s Benefits Uprating Bill — pegging increases in welfare payments at a below-inflation 1%, the same as public sector wage rises, for the next three years — would be approved. The only question was the size of majority and how many Lib Dems would rebel (I’ve been keeping […]
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5 Lib Dem MP rebels on Benefits Uprating Bill (so far) – UPDATED
by Stephen Tall on January 8, 2013
Three Lib Dem MPs have so far publicly declared they’ll rebel against the Coalition Government’s Benefits Uprating Bill. This is the Bill being debated in the Commons this afternoon which pegs increases in welfare payments at a below-inflation 1%, the (…)
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