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Iain Duncan Smith has overlooked a key force in fighting poverty – the gift of time

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Chris Chivers

Chris Chivers,  vicar of John Keble Church, Mill Hill, London and Canon Emeritus of Blackburn writes: “The self-styled “quiet man“, the secretary of state for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, is proving himself a passionate man when it comes to tackling poverty in our communities. …”People like me, following Harvard professor Robert Putnam and Read more

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Archbishop of Westminster critical of Iain Duncan Smith

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Iain Duncan Smith, British Prime Minister’s Work and Pensions Secretary, is in New Zealand to give a lecture for the Maxim Institute. His reforms are a trial run for what a local welfare working group chaired by economist Paula Rebstock has recommended here. Rebstock had a rather narrower assignment – to “reduce long-term benefit dependency”. Read more

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