Labour or Lib Dem plans to vote down financial proposals would exhibit House of Lords ‘too tall for its non-elected boots’,says former top civil servant The House of Lords would exhibit that it is “getting too tall for its non-elected boots” whether peers force George Osborne to rethink his plans to cut tax credits, the former cabinet secretary Lord Butler has warned.
As opposition peers coalesce around a Labour motion that would delay endorsement of the cuts, or Butler said the Lords must accept that it does not challenge the Commons on tax and financial matters.
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Source: theguardian.com