Sentences with phrase «against the benefits cap»

Stressing that he voted against the benefit cap, Corbyn adds: «The numbers of families involved are not that great but most of them are in London and the south east and they are grievously affected by it.

Most worryingly, no major Lib Dem has condemned the cut; choosing instead to speak up against the benefit cap — this includes Liberal Democrat legend Paddy Ashdown!

«Labour voted against the benefit cap, against reducing the cost of housing benefit, against universal credit and now Labour will vote against the uprating bill in the new year.»

Not exact matches

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell famously said he would «swim through vomit» to vote against the lower benefit cap in 2015, despite Labour's official stance of abstaining on the bill.

A party that wouldn't take a firm stand against an arbitrary household benefit cap — predicted to increase homelessness and drive many families into poverty — wasn't a party they wanted to support.

Grisanti's Democratic opponent, Michael Amodeo, says he's against the property tax cap passed last year, as well as a new benefit tier that requires higher payments towards pensions.

Asked about the way people like George Osborne have been using the welfare uprating bill to depict Labour as the party of «shirking» benefit claimaints, Clegg said: «I don't think it helps at all to try and portray that decision [the decision to pass a bill capping benefit rises at 1 %] as one which divides one set of people off against another, the deserving or the undeserving poor, in work or out of work.»

Another challenge which butts up against that cap is the rising cost of employee benefits.

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 -LSB-...]

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.

The coalition government has urged MPs to back a 1 % cap on annual rises in working - age benefits and some tax credits, But some Liberal Democrat MPs are planning to vote against the plans.

Falco's Bottle Ax is ready to battle against caps, to benefit Child's Play, an organization that brings toys to children in hospitals.

The law society's Advertising and Fee Arrangements Issues working group had been looking at a possible cap on contingency fees, but it decided against it because of concerns it might deny some victims benefits and reduce claims in some cases.

On 22 June 2017, the High Court (Collins J) ruled that the application of the «Benefit Cap» to lone parents with children under two years old is unlawful because it discriminates, without justification, against both those parents and their children.

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• ensuring they are not adversely affected by the rules applying to «spare room subsidy» and the benefits cap, which currently works against potential family and friends carers taking on sibling groups; and • ensuring that all family and friends care households are exempt from the limiting of child tax credit to two children and are not penalised by changes to pension credit.