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Sneering Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan-Smith angered Labour MPs in the Commons yesterday by accusing them of "carping" about the government's huge welfare cuts.
Mr Duncan-Smith was bombarded with protests about the cruel bedroom tax and the failing work programme, but he simply told Labour members to get "back into reality."
He brazenly boasted that the government was slashing the welfare bill by over £80 billion.
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
