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".
Osborne: 'This month we will make work pay'
Chancellor George Osborne has defended welfare and tax changes that are being introduced this month.
In a speech, he said: "For too long we've had a system where people who did the right thing, who get up in the morning and work hard felt penalised for it. While people who did the wrong thing got rewarded for it. That's wrong.
"So, this month we're going to put things right. This month, nine out of ten working households will be better off as a result of the changes we are making. This month we will make work pay".
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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'.