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.
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Wajid Khan tells House of Lords remediation work is yet to start on half of
properties with unsafe cladding
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