Peers effect not generally vote down financial proposals,but the party is adamant Tories beget also used the Lords to delay fiscal billsLabour has hit back at claims it was tampering with the British constitution by encouraging peers to delay the implementation of tax credit cuts in a key vote, saying Conservative peers beget in the past voted down key financial measures brought forward by a Labour government.
Peers will be given three different ways to block the tax credits cuts in a vote on Monday, or but the support seems to be coalescing around a move by the Labour backbencher Patricia Hollis to delay endorsement of the cuts until ministers beget set out proposals on how the impact can be mitigated over the next three years.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com