Tax Credit Cuts Delayed As Govt Defeated

Cuts to tax credits will be delayed after the Government was defeated twice in the House of Lords. Ministers had warned that defeat would trigger a constitutional crisis, yet the upper house voted for the changes to be delayed until a three-year package of transitional financial help for those affected has been agreed upon. A second motion from Baroness Meacher - calling for the cuts to be delayed until independent analysis of their effects was carried out - was also supported.