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Duncan Smith attacks 'unfair' Budget Duncan Smith attacks 'desperate' focus on cuts
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Iain Duncan Smith has criticised "deeply unfair" Budget measures in his first interview since resigning as work and pensions secretary. Iain Duncan Smith has criticised the government's "desperate search for savings" in his first interview since resigning as work and pensions secretary.
Mr Duncan Smith said he had come to feel "semi-detached" and "isolated" from government. Mr Duncan Smith said the Conservatives were in danger of not being a "one-nation party" standing up for everyone.
He told Andrew Marr he had been under "massive pressure" to deliver savings on disability benefits ahead of last week's Budget. He said his "painful" decision to resign had not been "not personal" against Chancellor George Osborne.
And he criticised the "arbitrary" decision to lower the welfare cap. He said he felt he had become "semi-detached" from government.
On Friday, Mr Duncan Smith said he was quitting as work and pensions secretary in protest at changes to disability welfare payments.On Friday, Mr Duncan Smith said he was quitting as work and pensions secretary in protest at changes to disability welfare payments.
In his response to Mr Duncan Smith, Prime Minister David Cameron said the reforms had been "collectively agreed" and announced by the Department for Work and Pensions.In his response to Mr Duncan Smith, Prime Minister David Cameron said the reforms had been "collectively agreed" and announced by the Department for Work and Pensions.
On BBC's Andrew Marr programme on Sunday, Mr Duncan Smith said he had supported a consultation on the changes and had come under "massive pressure" to deliver the savings ahead of last week's Budget.
The way the cuts were presented in the Budget had been "deeply unfair", he said, also criticising the "arbitrary" decision to lower the welfare cap after the general election.
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