Iain Duncan Smith has been re-appointed as work and
pensions secretary to oversee £12bn of fresh welfare cuts and push ahead with
universal credit. The Conservatives have promised £12bn of welfare cuts, but
have not spelt out where all these cuts will fall. They have pledged to lower
the total household benefits cap from £26,000 to £23,000 a year and to remove
housing benefit for 18 to 21-year-olds who are not in work. The appointment of
Mr Duncan Smith also underlines that there is unlikely to be any major change
in direction to flagship government policy on social security, such as
universal credit and the bedroom tax. Read more on Inside Housing.
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