Iain Duncan Smith Gets Knighthood, So Lets All Slow Clap
Saturday 28 December, 2019 Written by Simon Collyer
NEW YEARS HONOURS - Iain Duncan Smith has been given a knighthood.
The former Tory minister would have faced a criminal investigation had Labour been voted in.
The deeply controversial benefits system has received much criticism and last week former Chancellor George Osbourne said that he never believed that Universal Credit would work. Univeral Credit which has yet to be rolled out to many claimants has led to widespread hardship a huge increase in homelessness andmuch worse.
Earlier this year, a watchdog - the National Audit Office - revealed it would probe the government’s monitoring of suicides among benefit claimants after studies revealed links between self-inflicted deaths and the “complicated, dysfunctional and punitive” nature of Universal Credit.
Many people will feel sickened by this news and if anything it simply reduces the value of New Years Honours in many peoples eyes.
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