Pressure has mounted on Chancellor George Osborne to give way on plans to cut tax credits for low-paid workers, as a succession of Conservative MPs stood up in Parliament on Tuesday to voice their misgivings.
New Tory MP Heidi Allen used her maiden speech in the House of Commons to warn that the changes go "too hard and too fast", and that it was "real people, working people" who would be affected.
Former Chancellor Ken Clarke told the House of Lords it would be "irresponsible" to block the government's tax credit cuts.
Critics say that David Cameron's pre-election pledge not to cut tax credits and the plan's omission from the Tory manifesto means that peers will be permitted to block the law.
Warning peers he would become a "fervent advocate" of reforming the Lords if it blocked the legislation, he said arguments against the cuts were "irrelevant".
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.