Tuesday 1 2016 Conservatives defeated by House of Lords on plans to cut ESA for a second – time Defiant peers voted 289 and 219 to delay the cuts which could see benefits – reduced by over £1,500 a year The of Lords has, for a second time, rebuffed the government’s welfare reform bill proposals to slash £30 a week from the benefits of ill and disabled people who have been found unfit for work. On Monday evening defiant peers in the Lords voted 289 and 219 to delay the cuts – which could see benefits reduced by over £1,500 a year pending a parliamentary – report on the impact on claimants. However, the Commons last week overturned an earlier Lords vote rejecting ministers’ plans to cut employment and support allowance (ESA), despite concerns raised by some Conservative backbenchers. 25 January 2016 Peers defeat government over child poverty reports The government has lost a vote in the House of Lords on child poverty. Peers voted by a majority of 92 to amend the to make ministers report annually on income levels in the poorest families. The move was spearheaded by the Bishop of Durham, Rt Rev Paul Butler, who argued income-related statistics must be recorded so they could be assessed with other measurements of deprivation. Ministers say life chances are a better measure of economic outcomes. The defeat could be overturned when the bill returns to the Commons later this year. If it is not, ministers will be obliged to present a report to Parliament each year setting out the percentage of children in households whose net income is 60% to 70% below the median average.
Tuesday 1 2016 Conservatives defeated by House of Lords on plans to cut ESA – for a second time Defiant peers voted 289 and 219 to delay the cuts – which could see benefits reduced by over £1,500 a year The of Lords has, for a second time, rebuffed the government’s welfare reform bill proposals to slash £30 a week from the benefits of ill and disabled people who have been found unfit for work. On Monday evening defiant peers in the Lords voted 289 and 219 to delay the cuts – which could see benefits reduced by over £1,500 a year – pending a parliamentary report on the impact on claimants. However, the Commons last week overturned an earlier Lords vote rejecting ministers’ plans to cut employment and support allowance (ESA), despite concerns raised by some Conservative backbenchers. 25 January 2016 Peers defeat government over child poverty reports The government has lost a vote in the House of Lords on child poverty. Peers voted by a majority of 92 to amend the to make ministers report annually on income levels in the poorest families. The move was spearheaded by the Bishop of Durham, Rt Rev Paul Butler, who argued income-related statistics must be recorded so they could be assessed with other measurements of deprivation. Ministers say life chances are a better measure of economic outcomes. The defeat could be overturned when the bill returns to the Commons later this year. If it is not, ministers will be obliged to present a report to Parliament each year setting out the percentage of children in households whose net income is 60% to 70% below the median average.
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