Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith QUITS Cabinet with vicious swipe at George Osborne over shambolic disability benefit cut U-turn

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith QUITS Cabinet with vicious swipe at George Osborne over shambolic disability benefit cut U-turn

Iain Duncan Smith has sensationally resigned from the Cabinet in protest over the disability benefit cuts. The Work and Pensions Secretary branded cuts to benefits for the disabled in George Osborne's Budget as 'indefensible' and labelled them 'a compromise too far.' 'I am unable to watch passively whilst certain policies are enacted in order to meet the fiscal self-imposed restraints that I believe are more and more perceived as distinctly political rather than in the national economic interest,' he wrote. In his stinging resignation statement, Mr Duncan Smith also complained George Osborne's budget this week was aimed towards the better off in society. He admitted he wanted to cut benefits enjoyed by wealthy pensioners, but these plans were blocked by the Chancellor and the Prime Minister.