Sentences with phrase «against cuts to tax credits»

Heidi Allen, the freshman Tory backbencher who shocked many by speaking out against cuts to tax credits in the House of Commons, has praised IDS for his resignation.

Conservative MP Heidi Williams, who previously spoke out against cuts to tax credits, once again issued a warning about her party's cuts.

He ended, however, by berating her refusal to table reasoned amendments against the cuts to tax credits.

At conference a year ago, I launched our campaign against cuts to tax credits and we succeeded in knocking this government back.

Not exact matches

On the question of stopping child tax credit cuts, Harman is encouraging Labour MPs to abstain - but a lot of them want to vote against.

Harriet Harman's announcement on the Sunday politics yesterday, that Labour would not be voting against the welfare bill, nor would they oppose child tax credit cuts or the Tories new benefits cap, has rightly drawn condemnation from different sections of the Party, and now both Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham have joined Jeremy Corbyn (who launched a petition last night) calling for opposition to the child tax credit cut.

More recently he voted for cuts to ESA and tax credit changes, rather than abstaining or risking his career by voting against.