Reaction to the Lords defeat of government plans to cut tax credits
Government announces review, led by Lord Strathclyde, into workings of Parliament
Chancellor George Osborne says he will "lessen" impact of the cuts
He says government will "deal with" constitutional issue of Lords defeating measure backed by MPs
Peers backed a Labour motion, by 289 votes to 272, calling for full compensation for those affected
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We reported earlier that the Fire Brigades Union may re-affiliate to Labour and will hold a special conference next month to discuss the issue. The party has now responded, saying: "We welcome the news that firefighters will consider returning to the Labour family. This is another confirmation that it's Labour that is the real party of working people."
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MPs have this evening approved the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, external at third reading by 317 votes to 285. The bill, which would reduce the annual household benefits cap, introduce a national living wage and create more apprenticeships, will now pass for detailed consideration by the House of Lords.
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Reflecting on the government's announcement of a review of the Lords' powers vis-a-vis the Commons. Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says there is an in-built "anti-Conservative left-wing majority" in the Upper House.
While he supports the Lords' function as a revising chamber, he tells Sky News that it "only works if the House of Lords obeys the conventions".
It is time to enshrine these historic conventions determining the extent of the Lords powers into law, he says. Dr Hannah White, from the Institute of Government, agrees, saying there has been a lack of clarity surrounding the issue of financial privilege and the Lords.
Labour has responded to the government's review of the powers of the Lords after its tax credit defeats. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has accused ministers of trying to "intimidate" the Upper House and said the move looked more like a "grudge match than a serious exercise in reform".
Baroness Smith, Labour's leader in the House of Lords, said she would support a root-and-branch look at how the Commons and Lords interacted but said the remit of the proposed review was "too narrow".
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Image source, Conservative PartyLord Strathclyde entered the lords as a hereditary peer in 1986 at a young age and was one of 92 to stay on after the reforms in the 1990s.
Under the coalition government he was leader of the House of Lords from 2010 to 2013 and had a seat in the Cabinet.
His full name is Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith - but he goes by the name Tom Strathclyde.
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The government has announced it is setting up a review to "examine how to protect the ability of elected governments to secure their business in Parliament".
The review, which comes in the wake of the government's defeats in the Lords over tax credits, will consider "how to secure the decisive role of the elected House of Commons in relation to its primacy on financial matters".
The review will be led by Lord Strathclyde.