BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field said the Commons had sent a clear message to the Chancellor to pause the proposed cuts to tax credits and publish a full analysis of their impact on low-paid workers.

In a day-long debate on the cuts, introduced after a cross-party motion led by Mr Field, not a single Conservative backbencher spoke fully in defence of the proposals, while some warned the Treasury front bench that a large scale rethink was required by the autumn statement.

On Monday, the House of Lords voted to block the changes and George Osborne responded by promising to mitigate the effect.

Mr Field, Labour chairman of the work and pensions select committee, said: “Both Houses of Parliament now have given George Osborne a chance to reflect on the likely impact of his tax credit cuts on Britain’s strivers and, more importantly, come up with ways of softening the blow to their budgets.

"Crucially, the chancellor must use this opportunity to boost his credentials as a welfare reformer by reviewing the whole operation of tax credits.”

He had told MPs at the start of the debate: “Talking to constituents you cannot come away without being incredibly conscious of the fears people are suffering.

"People we should be saluting and cheering are sick with worry about how they will make ends meet, whether they are going to lose their homes, whether the interest on their mortgages can be repaid, let alone protecting their children.”

Mr Osborne, who will outline his plan to soften the impact of the planned cuts when he delivers his autumn statement on November 25, has told MPs he would seek to help low-paid workers.

The Chancellor told MPs on Tuesday: “We will continue to reform tax credits and save the money needed so that Britain lives within its means while at the same time lessening the impact on families during the transition.”