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Duncan Smith to face grilling from MPs over misuse of statisticsThe inquiry into Duncan Smith's behaviour will be carried out as part of its annual assessment of the DWP Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), which is due to be published at the end of June. Since the Work and Pensions Secretary always appears before the ... |
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Iain Duncan Smith's Fit For Work Test 'Actively Discriminates Against Those ...The government's 'fit for work' test actively discriminates against those with mental health problems, a judge has ruled, in a verdict described as a "victory for thousands of people". The Work Capability Assessment, is too difficult to navigate for ... |
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Iain Duncan Smith's Work Programme 'Failing the Vulnerable'A cross-party group of politicians have launched a stinging attack on the Government's flagship welfare-to-work scheme, claiming it fails its most vulnerable participants. Parliament's Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) said that the hardest cases ... |
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Iain Duncan Smith rapped by watchdog for misusing benefits cap statisticsThe work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, has been criticised by the UK's statistics watchdog for misusing figures to promote the effectiveness of the coalition's benefits cap on getting people into work. In a press release issued by the ... |
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Lies, damned lies and Iain Duncan SmithDuncan Smith's belief that the welfare state holds down the very people it is meant to serve is pleasing to Conservative ears. To maintain his supporters' illusions, he has to lie. Last week, the UK Statistics Authority gave him a reprimand that broke ... |
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How philosophy could help Iain Duncan SmithIt is said that the University of Bristol once asked all its departments to come up with a mission statement. One member of the philosophy department, so I am told, suggested "Analysing concepts in the Somerset and Avon region". I don't think it was ... |
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I am not asking pensioners to hand back benefits, says Duncan Smith"I think Iain Duncan Smith is acknowledging that there is an issue here, that relatively affluent people of pensionable age have done relatively well in very difficult times, and it would be fair to acknowledge that. And some people give it back, some ... |
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Iain Duncan Smith - smarter than Joey from 'Friends', but blind to the truthImagining a tomorrow when the political titans of today are forced on to the jobs market by the cruelties of electoral politics, I fret about Iain Duncan Smith. The Work and Pensions Secretary struggled to find work on leaving the army in the early ... |
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Iain Duncan Smith and the art of swearing(Mr Duncan Smith has a history of getting these things wrong. Once, under pressure as Tory leader, he said: “If the men in grey suits come, they'll leave without their suits.” An unnamed MP responded: “That's fighting talk bordering on the homoerotic ... |
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Dear Iain Duncan Smith, thanks for nothingDear Iain,. I've got BIG News! I've got a job! Amazing isn't it? Fifteen months after being made redundant, I've finally managed to secure one of the many jobs that you regularly claim in the media are out there for the taking. We were beginning to ... |
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