Hosie: IDS Resignation a Distraction From Disability Cuts

The Scottish National Party has today described Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation as a “distraction” from the real issue of cuts to the welfare and disability budget.
 
Stewart Hosie MP, Economy spokesperson and Deputy Leader of the SNP, called for the cuts to be “immediately and completely” scrapped.
 
Commenting, Stewart Hosie MP, Deputy Leader of the SNP said:
 
“Iain Duncan Smith’s crocodile tears are a distraction from the real issue at hand – while the deep divisions at the top of the Tory party widen and the mud-slinging continues, disabled people and those on low-incomes are still expected to bear the brunt of the Tories’ obsession with austerity.
 
“The UK government was warned that slashing £12 billion from the welfare budget would do real and lasting harm but the Tories are determined to plough on, cutting even more from the disability budget.  What this resignation proves beyond doubt is that the Tories’ must abandon their ideological commitment to austerity cuts.
 
“David Cameron and George Osborne must immediately and completely scrap these cuts.”

Stewart Hosie (born 3 January 1963) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee East since 2005. He has been Depute Leader of the SNP since November 2014, and is also currently the SNP's Parliamentary Group Deputy Leader and Economy spokesperson.