The House of Lords will vote on motions that could delay the controversial cuts or sink them altogether.
Ministers say peers do not have the right to block financial measures approved by the House of Commons. A point dismissed by others.
Labour's shadow welfare secretary Owen Smith said such arguments were a "total sideshow". Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock said Chancellor George Osborne was in "listening mode" over the cuts.
This diagram shows 2020 but people have to survive now and cutting Tax Credits before wages rise, will sink many 'workers' - the very people the government claim to be supporting.
Source: Infographic Resolution Foundation
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