Making ends meet on benefits

IDS' comments on benefits focuseses Helen Morrissey's mind on state pensions

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Iain Duncan Smith's recent comments on welfare reform have most of the country foaming at the mouth.

His assertion that he was able to live on the equivalent of £53 per week during two periods of past unemployment provoked calls for him to put his money where his mouth is. A petition calling for h...

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