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  Cost of Living Increases - Income - Poverty - Universal Credit - Energy Payment - Child Payments
  
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  @ MP voted aye for measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, for reinstating extra universal credit, for a living wage of at least Â£10 an hour, for an energy payment for low income households and for a payment of Â£20 a week in respect of every child under 6. 
  
  @ MP voted no against measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, against reinstating extra universal credit, against a living wage of at least Â£10 an hour, against an energy payment for low income households and against a payment of Â£20 a week in respect of every child under 6. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, against reinstating extra universal credit, against a living wage of at least Â£10 an hour, against an energy payment for low income households and against a payment of Â£20 a week in respect of every child under 6. 
  
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote is:
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' there is a cost of living crisis hitting homes across the UK;
  :''regrets'' the UK Governmentâs current plan of reductions in certain benefits and tax rises coupled with rising costs of the UK leaving the EU;
  :''is concerned'' that the UK has the worst levels of poverty and inequality in north west Europe and the highest levels of in-work poverty this century; and 
  :''calls on the Government'' to take immediate action with a package of measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, including reinstating the Â£20 universal credit uplift, introducing a Real Living Wage of at least Â£10 an hour, introducing an energy payment for low income households, and matching [https://www.mygov.scot/scottish-child-payment the Scottish Governmentâs Scottish Child Payment] for families across the UK.
  
  The Scottish Child Payment was a weekly payment of Â£20 payable in respect of each child under six. 
  
  In April 2020 Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit were increased by twenty pounds a week (Â£1040/year) as a temporary measure in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.[2]
  
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  * [1] [https://www.mygov.scot/scottish-child-payment Scottish Child Payment, How it Works, Scottish Government website], MyGov.scot
  * [2] [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-announces-workers-support-package  Chancellor announces workersâ support package, 20 March 2020], Gov.UK
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