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Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Act 2020
Summary
This Act allows the government to increase social security payments (benefits and pensions) each year in line with inflation, so the money people receive stays worth roughly the same as prices go up. It sets out how and when these yearly increases happen.
A vote to support means
- —Supporting this Act means believing that benefit payments (like Universal Credit and pensions) should increase each year to keep up with the cost of living. This helps people on benefits afford essentials like food and rent as prices rise.
A vote to oppose means
- —Critics argue that automatically raising benefits costs the government a lot of money, which might mean higher taxes or cuts elsewhere. Some believe benefits should only go up if the economy is strong enough to afford it.
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Bill Passage
Commons
- 1st reading23 Sept 2020
- 2nd reading1 Oct 2020
- Committee stage1 Oct 2020
- Report stage1 Oct 2020
Lords
- 1st reading1 Oct 2020
- 2nd reading13 Oct 2020
- Committee stage27 Oct 2020
- Report stage17 Nov 2020
- 3rd reading17 Nov 2020
Royal Assent23 Nov 2020
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