Posts Tagged ‘Iain Duncan Smith’

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

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