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  Opposition Day - Tax Credits
  
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  @ MP voted aye against an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits. 
  @ MP voted no in favour of an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits. 
  
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That this House
  :''calls on the Government'' to reverse its decision to cut tax credits, which is due to come into effect in April 2016.
  
  In a vote on the [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2015-09-15&number=71 15th of September 2015] the majority of MPs voted to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits. 
  
  The specific changes introduced, which the majority of MPs voted against reversing in this vote, were:
  
  * Reducing the level of income at which working tax credit is paid in full from Â£6,420 to Â£3,850. 
  * Reducing the level of income at which child tax credit is paid in full from Â£16,105 to Â£12,125.
  * Reducing the threshold for an increase in income, under which eligibility for tax credits is based on a person's previous year income, from Â£5,000 to Â£2,500. (Known as the "income rise disregard".) 
  * Reducing the thresholds at which tax credits are reduced based on income from Â£6,420 to Â£3,850 in respect of working tax credit and from Â£16,105 to Â£12,125 in respect of child tax credit.
  * Increasing the rate of reduction in tax credits in respect of income over a threshold from 41% to 48%. (Known as the "withdrawal rate".)
   
  
  
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