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Unit in the news: The Lords and tax credits

Read about the work of the Constitution Unit.

3 November 2015

MR - Newsnight 26 Oct 2015

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  • Unit in the news: The Lords and tax credits

Members of the Unit have been cited in the following articles and appeared on the national news channels to discuss the constitutional issues behind the Lords tax credits vote.

Broadcast Media

  • Meg Russell on Sky News Channel (25 October 2015)
  • Meg Russell on The World This Weekend - 5ms (25 October 2015)
  • Meg Russell appeared on BBC Newsnight (27 October 2015)
  • Meg Russell on BBC World Tonight - 8ms (27 October 2015)
  • Robert Hazell on BBC News Channel (27 October 2015)
  • Robert Hazell on Sky News Channel (27 October 2015)
  • Robert Hazell on BBC Radio Scotland (27 October 2015)  

Written Media 

  • Meg Russell quoted on front page of the Times: Don't drag Queen into tax credits row, PM told The Times (26 October 2015)
  • Tax credit cuts: what you need to know about the Lords vote The Guardian (26 October 2015)
  • Tax credits: Pay up, George, you know you're cornered The Guardian (26 October 2015)
  • Meg Russell's blog reproduced: Everything you ever wanted to know about tax credits and the House of Lords - but were afraid to ask The Telegraph (26 October 2015)
  • House of Lords more willing to challenge government FT (26 October 2015)
  • U.K. Government to Make Concessions on Welfare After Lords Defeat The Wall Street Journal (27 October 2015)
  • Speaker John Bercow says House of Lords tax credit veto was procedurally fine Independent (27 October 2015)
  • Crisis? What crisis? The Economist (31 October 2015)
  • U.K.'s scandal-hit lords enjoy a rare day in the sun AFP (1 November 2015)

‪Related Link

  • A full breakdown of the two government defeats on tax credits in the Lords is now available
  • Blog post: The Lords and tax credits: fact and myth (25 October 2015)
  • Blog post: The Lords, politics and finance (29 October 2015)
  • Meg Russell's research on the House of Lords

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