Submitted on Wednesday 21st October 2015
Rejected on Monday 26th October 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Allow the lords to table a motion to kill off the cuts to tax credits.
The Lords have been warned, threatened, by the government that their fatal motion to kill the tax credit cuts will trigger a constituency crisis; and that they risked a renewed push to weaken the powers of the upper house if they refused to back down. The lords backed down. Powers are weakened.
Tax credit cuts will come into affect in 2016. Other changes, like the 'living' wage, will not stop millions of families and children falling deeper into debt and poverty.
The IFS has stated that over 3.5 million poor people will be over £1000 worse off when cuts to tax credits take place. You can read their report here: http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/7980
To check your own circumstances and whether you will lose out follow this link: https://www.gov.uk/tax-credits-calculator
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The decision to table, or not to table, the motion you describe is the responsibility of an individual member of the House of Lords, not the UK Government or Parliament as a whole.
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