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TORY welfare axeman Iain Duncan Smith claimed yesterday that tax credits were a “bribe” to the poor and branded protesters “vile.”
The millionaire Work and Pensions Secretary shamelessly defended plans to slash the incomes of working families by £1,300 in a speech to his party’s conference.
He complained that too many low-paid workers and poor families are claiming tax credits, which were designed to keep them above the poverty line.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE