MPs vote on ‘bizarre anachronism’
Alistair Carmichael has voted to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords, calling it “a bizarre anachronism”. The majority of hereditary peers – lords…
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Carmichael fears watered down tax credit cuts will still leave poor worse off
Hard-working people will still be left worse off as a result of changes to tax credits sought by Chancellor George Osborne despite a defeat in…
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There has been a lot of press coverage about the recent House of Commons debate about food banks.
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