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.
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.
