Calls Grow For IDS Resignation

Monday 24 August, 2015 Written by Simon Collyer

Iain Duncan Smith has said his officials who used fictional claimants to show the impact of benefit sanctions could face disciplinary action.

This is predictable of IDS as he tries to force others to take the blame. The Secretary of State is the Head of the DWP and he must carry responsibility.

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According to the BBC

The work and pensions secretary said the made-up stories on the DWP website were meant to help people understand the system and were based on "real life cases".

But Mr Duncan Smith stressed that he had not seen them before publication.

He told BBC News that the officials "should never have done that".

The DWP faced widespread criticism last week when it emerged that two sickness benefit claimants, supposedly called Zac and Sarah and who featured on the department's website, were not real people.