Iain Duncan Smith

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Iain Duncan Smith: "Been there, done that" on £53 a week. He hasn't
By Alex Hern - 03 April 8:27

IDS used the welfare state in his youth, and now he's pulling the ladder up behind him.

Iain Duncan Smith said if he "had to" live on £53 a week he "would".
Could you live on £53 a week? How Cameron and Osborne responded
By George Eaton - 02 April 14:18

Iain Duncan Smith's cabinet colleagues have chosen not to match his boast that he could live on £53 a week.

A rare speech from the submarine Chancellor.
Osborne surfaces as Duncan Smith petition passes 100,000 signatures
By George Eaton - 02 April 8:50

A rare speech from the submarine Chancellor as more than 118,000 people challenge his cabinet colleague to live on £53 a week.

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So, Iain Duncan Smith thinks he could live on £53 a week
By Alex Hern - 01 April 11:46

That's just half the cost of his bluetooth headset.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith outside Number 10 Downing Street.
Universal Credit: Duncan Smith's master plan is grinding to a halt
By George Eaton - 29 March 10:57

The new welfare system will now be piloted in just one area, rather than four, next month.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith arrives for a cabinet meeting.
Duncan Smith in the firing line over benefit sanction targets
By George Eaton - 22 March 16:20

After new evidence that job centres are being set targets, the Work and Pensions Secretary stands accused of misleading Parliament.

Four out of five claimants spent at least three quarters of the past four years
The myth of the "welfare scrounger"
By Ian Mulheirn - 15 March 15:58

A little noticed piece of DWP research shows that four out of five claimants spent at least three quarters of the past four years off unemployment benefit.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
Disabled families still aren't exempt from the bedroom tax
By George Eaton - 12 March 16:13

The "discretionary fund" cited by Duncan Smith will cover just £2.71 of the £14-a-week loss in housing benefit facing disabled claimants.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith.
Is the Work Programme working? No, say MPs
By George Eaton - 22 February 9:30

Scheme accused of "extremely poor" performance after just 3.6 per cent of claimants are moved off benefits and into sustained employment.

A protester waves a Romanian 1989 Revolution flag.
The coalition needs to get its line straight on Romania and Bulgaria
By George Eaton - 20 February 13:39

Nick Clegg contradicts Iain Duncan Smith and says that the government has estimated the number of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants expected next year.

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