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Tax credits and the privilege of the House of Commons

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Published on: 29 October 2015
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Public Law analysis: Was the recent vote in the House of Lords the constitutional crisis some are making it out to be? Colin Talbot, Professor of Government at the University of Manchester, and Meg Russell, Professor of British and Comparative Politics and Director of the Constitution Unit at UCL, consider the relationship between the two houses and the constitutional significance of the recent vote.

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