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".
The Chancellor George Osborne has hit out at critics of the Government's benefits reform, accusing them of talking "ill-informed rubbish".
After the Chancellor gave a speech defending welfare reforms and dismissing criticisms which he said were "headline seeking nonsense", many people tweeted their reaction:
George Osborne is so out of touch. He's trying to bring out the worst in human nature.
Not a fan of George Osborne but I have to say his recent speeches in the past week have made sense
#Osborne 'building an economy' ! Trashing an economy is more like it, he is hitting the working poor by cuts, tax cuts to rich #wowpetition
George Osborne has accused the Government's welfare reform critics of talking "ill-informed rubbish."
Find out more about the raft of changes to the welfare benefits system that began to come into force from the 1 April.
The government has been forced to defend its changes to the benefits system after prominent church leaders claimed they were 'unjust'.