Tuesday, 6 January 2015

IDS to Accelerate Benefit Reforms to Stop Labour Reversing Them

The Government’s benefit reforms will be accelerated in the months before the election to stop Labour reversing them if the party wins the general election. Iain Duncan Smith said he would ensure that there would be a "step change" in the roll-out of Universal Credit in the first three months of the year. The Work and Pensions secretary said: “There is more we need to do - and we have to step up a gear in 2015.” Benefits reform will be one of the key battlegrounds at May’s general election. The suggestion that Mr Duncan Smith wants to accelerate his reforms will infuriate Labour.  Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.

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