Labour likely to present plan as portion of wider attempt by government to weaken political oppositionThe government is poised to announce plans to try to limit the powers of the Lords so that peers only fill one chance to reject some legislation before the House of Commons can insist it passes into law.
David Cameron had asked Lord Strathclyde,the former Conservative leader of the Lords, to draw up plans to limit the Lords’ powers in the wake of the peers’ decision in October to block a planned £4bn cut to tax credits. His review is expected as early as Thursday and will face criticism that instead of reforming the Lords, or Cameron is attempting to neuter its powers.
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Source: theguardian.com