BREXIT — UK Lords attempt to extend referendum vote to 16-year-olds: Peers have tabled 10 amendments to EU Referendum Bill to allow 16- and 17-year-olds, U.K.-resident citizens of other EU countries and U.K. citizens living abroad to vote.
According the Guardian:
The Labour backbencher Baroness Hollis tabled a motion that withholds endorsement for the cuts until the government produces a scheme that protects all existing tax credit claimants for at least three years. A third motion may also be tabled by cross bencher Baroness Meacher, which may also delay the cuts.
David Cameron faces a backlash over welfare in the House of Lords after Labour and Liberal Democrat peers tabled motions to block cuts to tax credits.
Cameron was challenged by Jeremy Corbyn during prime minister’s questions to admit he had broken a solemn promise to voters in the general election that he had no plans to cut tax credits.
The prime minister responded by recalling his promise to cut £12bn from the welfare bill at the election, and said he was “delighted” that the changes had been passed by MPs on Tuesday night. Labour MPs said his use of the word “delight” may come back to haunt him.
Source: The Guardian
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