Benefit critics 'talk rubbish'
The Chancellor George Osborne has hit out at critics of the Government's benefits reform, accusing them of talking "ill-informed rubbish".
Churches criticise government welfare plans
Four churches have criticised the government's welfare payment cuts which they say are unjust and target society's most vulnerable, according to reports.
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and the Church of Scotland have come together on Easter Sunday to criticise benefit reforms.
They also claim that politicians and some of the media are misrepresenting poor people as lazy, according to the BBC.
The Department for Work and Pensions has said it was unfair for benefit claimants to get higher incomes than families who were employed.
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Osborne: Welfare reform critics 'talking rubbish'
George Osborne has accused the Government's welfare reform critics of talking "ill-informed rubbish."
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Welfare benefit changes: What is changing in April
Find out more about the raft of changes to the welfare benefits system that began to come into force from the 1 April.
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Churches claim benefit reforms are 'unjust'
The government has been forced to defend its changes to the benefits system after prominent church leaders claimed they were 'unjust'.