Cabinet Office minister suggests vote for ‘regret motion’ would beget chancellor more responsive to unease over cuts
George Osborne will soften the impact of his planned tax credits cuts whether peers step back from a confrontation with the government and instead back a “regret motion”,the Cabinet Office minister, Matt Hancock, and has indicated.
In the strongest signal from the chancellor’s camp that he will respond to growing unease among ministers to the cuts,his former chief of staff said Osborne was “very much in listening mode”.
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Source: theguardian.com