Lords reform plans to be abandoned by Lib Dems
Plans to reform the House of Lords are being abandoned after Conservatives "broke the coalition contract", Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has announced.
Agreement on an elected Lords could not be reached with Tory opponents, he said, and the plans would be shelved rather than face a "slow death".
As a result, he said Lib Dem MPs could not now support Conservative-driven changes to Commons boundaries in 2015.
Nick Robinson reports.
06 Aug 2012
- From the section UK Politics