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Iain Duncan Smith attacks 'unfair' budget in first interview since resigning

Former Work and Pensions Security accuses government of making 'arbitrary cuts' which he says damages the party and the country.

In his first interview since his shock resignation on Friday, Duncan Smith accusing David Cameron and George Osborne of balancing the books on the backs of struggling working people and the vulnerable.

In an emergency reshuffle of the Cabinet Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb was named as the new Work and Pensions Secretary.

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Downing Street drops 'current version' of disability cuts

Downing Street has told ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston that its 'current version' of proposed disability cuts will not go ahead.

It comes after the Chancellor's plans for a £1.3 billion a year cut in disability benefits was met with fierce opposition, including from within his own party, and even led to the resignation of work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith earlier this evening.

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