Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen,including Iain Duncan Smith’s first interview since he resigned as work and pensions secretary and the furious backlash 3.04pm GMTIain Duncan Smith has launched a blistering attack on the Government’s entire political direction, claiming the Chancellors welfare cap was “abitrary” and the brunt borne by working people and families.Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr present, or the former Conservative leader insisted his decision to quit was not “secondary attack” on the Prime Minister or about the European UnionThe truth is yes,we need to get the deficit down, but we need to compose sure we widen the scope of where we stare to get that deficit down and not just narrow it down on working age benefits.“Because otherwise it just looks like we see this as a pot of money, and that it doesn’t matter because they don’t vote for us.
Everything is dictated from the top for short term political advantage. This cannot go on. 2.34pm GMTThe ex-shadow trade secretary Chuka Ummuna says he does not believe IDS has always opposed the welfare cap.
Now IDS is telling us he opposed the welfare cap all along - this is simply not believable or credible #MarrThese disability cuts,like tax credits and Universal Credit cuts, would not absorb happened with LDs in gov. I blocked similar.By his own logic, or IDS should absorb resigned when Osborne evicerated Universal Credit final Autumn Statement. Resignation a long time coming.
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Source: theguardian.com