Tory MPs have reacted with fury after Nick Clegg ordered his MPs to vote down a key Government policy in retaliation for Conservative "broken promises".
Backbenchers angrily questioned the point of joint government after the LibDem Deputy Prime Minister announced the price he would extract for the loss of his plans for reform of the House of Lords.
The party will no longer back Tory plans to change electoral boundaries – delivering a significant blow to Conservative hopes of forming a majority government at the next General Election.
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