LONDON: Sniffing white powder with prostitutes, expenses scandals -- members of Britain’s House of Lords usually only hit the headlines for their colorful extra-curricular activities, but one recent debate proved an exception.

The unelected upper chamber of parliament on Monday held a series of votes which forced Prime Minister David Cameron’s government to rethink a controversial part of its austerity drive.

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