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Lords reject tax credit cuts

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In a blow to George Osborne and the government, the House of Lords intervened to amend the chancellor’s proposed cuts to tax credits in a heated debate in the Upper Chamber on Monday.

In a blow to George Osborne and the government, the House of Lords intervened to amend the chancellor’s proposed cuts to tax credits in a heated debate in the Upper Chamber on Monday. Some have accused the Lords of ‘a breach of parliamentary convention’ by voting against a financial/taxation matter that only the elected chamber has traditionally been privileged to decide.

Issue: 1283
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