Field attacks IDS welfare claims
Claims the Government's welfare reforms will encourage benefit claimants into work have come under renewed attack from the former poverty czar Frank Field. Mr Field unearthed figures from the House of Commons library showing that under the Universal Credit initiative, claimants could lose 90p for every additional pound they earn, with some even losing more than they earn. He accused Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith of “misleading the debate” by claiming that Universal Credit would significantly reduce benefit dependency.