Tories Must Not Look Like We Want To Punish People on Benefits, Says IDS

Conservatives must show they are not driven by a desire to 'punish' people on benefits, Iain Duncan Smith has warned.  The Work and Pensions Secretary used a speech in Washington to warn that for too long his party has addressed the poor with 'fingers wagging' instead of offering them 'hope'. He insisted the Tory pitch to voters has to be about more than tax, immigration and crime to show they are driven by 'fairness, opportunity, and compassion'.  He said: 'Historically, perhaps our main contribution to the subject was that whenever Conservative politicians did speak about poverty, they did so with fingers wagging and harsh punitive language.” Read more on the Daily Mail website.