§ 00 Issue9 named divisions3 bills
Public Spending
Government expenditure and austerity
Government alignment shows how often each party voted with the government's stated position. Issue-aligned direction shows agreement with the AI-identified supportive stance.
Voted with government positionVoted in issue-aligned direction
5 Nov 2025Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43Aye = Support the government's rejection of the Lords requirement for the independent reviewer to include a statement in every report confirming they received all necessary material, on the basis that existing safeguards already ensure this · No = Support the Lords amendment's additional transparency safeguard requiring the independent reviewer to explicitly confirm in each report whether they received all material needed, as a check on government compliance268 · 82Passed29 Apr 2025Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11Aye = Support limiting the eligibility verification power to cases where fraud is already suspected, protecting benefit claimants from being treated as automatic suspects · No = Oppose the restriction, backing the government's broader data-sharing power to detect benefit overpayments and errors at an early stage without needing prior suspicion of fraud88 · 240Defeated29 Apr 2025Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1Aye = Support delaying use of recovery powers against Carer's Allowance recipients until an independent review is conducted, protecting vulnerable carers from enforcement action · No = Oppose the delay, preferring to proceed with the Bill's recovery powers without waiting for an independent review of Carer's Allowance overpayments75 · 254Defeated29 Apr 2025Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21Aye = Support adding Conservative-proposed safeguards and proportionality measures to the fraud and error recovery powers in the Bill · No = Oppose the Conservative amendments, preferring the Government's version of the Bill without additional opposition-drafted constraints on recovery powers97 · 258Defeated29 Apr 2025Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10Aye = Support adding a new specific debt recovery mechanism to the Bill, arguing it would strengthen the government's ability to reclaim money from those who refuse to pay despite having means · No = Oppose the new clause as unnecessary, on the grounds that existing DWP legislation and Clause 16 of the Bill already provide sufficient and equivalent civil recovery powers103 · 259Defeated3 Feb 2025Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Second ReadingAye = Support the Bill's measures to tackle fraud against the public purse, including benefit fraud by criminal gangs and individuals, as well as fraud by companies abusing public contracts · No = Oppose the Bill, citing concerns that new investigatory powers could disproportionately target vulnerable and genuinely disabled claimants, causing harm and anxiety to innocent people343 · 89Passed
4 Sept 2024Budget Responsibility Bill: Committee: Amendment 9Aye = Support requiring the OBR to independently scrutinise any changes to the government's fiscal rules, ensuring greater transparency and accountability when ministers alter their own borrowing and spending targets · No = Oppose extending the OBR assessment trigger to cover fiscal rule changes, backing the government's narrower version of the Bill which focuses on unfunded spending commitments111 · 366Defeated4 Sept 2024Budget Responsibility Bill: Committee: Amendment 2Aye = Support giving the OBR power to flag potential ministerial code violations to the Independent Adviser, strengthening accountability for governments that bypass fiscal scrutiny · No = Oppose the amendment, with the government arguing the Bill already provides sufficient accountability and the additional mechanism is unnecessary75 · 364Defeated
How is this calculated?
Government alignment shows how often a party's MPs voted with the government's stated position on this issue. This is the most comparable metric across parties, as it measures the same reference point for everyone.
Issue-aligned direction shows how often MPs voted in the direction tagged as supportive of this issue by AI analysis. For example, if a vote is tagged “pro-environment”, an Aye vote counts as aligned.