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| Cameron attempts to heal Tory rifts over IDS resignation | Cameron attempts to heal Tory rifts over IDS resignation |
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| Prime Minister David Cameron will later attempt to halt the civil war in his party caused by Iain Duncan Smith's resignation from the cabinet. | Prime Minister David Cameron will later attempt to halt the civil war in his party caused by Iain Duncan Smith's resignation from the cabinet. |
| Mr Duncan Smith has warned the government risks dividing society with politically-motivated spending cuts. | Mr Duncan Smith has warned the government risks dividing society with politically-motivated spending cuts. |
| Mr Cameron is to reject this - and No 10 has rubbished claims a rift with George Osborne, saying the chancellor still has the PM's full confidence. | |
| The disability cuts Mr Duncan Smith quit over are expected to be axed. | The disability cuts Mr Duncan Smith quit over are expected to be axed. |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for Mr Osborne's resignation and Conservative MPs have spoken out against the leadership with Mr Duncan Smith's former ministerial team divided in their responses to his resignation. | |
| The announcement on Personal Independence Payment cuts is expected to come from Mr Duncan Smith's replacement as work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, in a Commons statement. | The announcement on Personal Independence Payment cuts is expected to come from Mr Duncan Smith's replacement as work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, in a Commons statement. |
| Mr Cameron is due to address MPs at 1530 GMT, when he is expected to use a statement on last week's EU summit to stress his commitment to "compassionate Conservatism". | Mr Cameron is due to address MPs at 1530 GMT, when he is expected to use a statement on last week's EU summit to stress his commitment to "compassionate Conservatism". |
| Former Tory leader Lord Howard urged MPs to "listen to what the prime minister has to say" and to "calm down". | Former Tory leader Lord Howard urged MPs to "listen to what the prime minister has to say" and to "calm down". |
| Mr Duncan Smith set out the reasons for his surprise resignation in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr, in which he said the way Mr Osborne had cut benefits in his Budget at the same time as cutting taxes for the better off was "deeply unfair" and that he had become "semi detached" from government. | Mr Duncan Smith set out the reasons for his surprise resignation in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr, in which he said the way Mr Osborne had cut benefits in his Budget at the same time as cutting taxes for the better off was "deeply unfair" and that he had become "semi detached" from government. |
| How damaged is George Osborne? | How damaged is George Osborne? |
| Ross Hawkins, BBC political correspondent | Ross Hawkins, BBC political correspondent |
| George Osborne: chief tactician and patron, a man whose word makes or wrecks careers. | George Osborne: chief tactician and patron, a man whose word makes or wrecks careers. |
| That was the view of many Tory MPs for a very long time. Now, many doubt he will ever be their leader, or even the chancellor much longer. | That was the view of many Tory MPs for a very long time. Now, many doubt he will ever be their leader, or even the chancellor much longer. |
| It's not that they think David Cameron is poised to sack him or that he's about to resign, as Labour demand. | It's not that they think David Cameron is poised to sack him or that he's about to resign, as Labour demand. |
| They simply believe a swift leadership election is highly likely whatever the result of 23 June's EU referendum. | They simply believe a swift leadership election is highly likely whatever the result of 23 June's EU referendum. |
| If it does come that soon there will be, one predicts, a "genocide of the Cameroons and Osbornites". | If it does come that soon there will be, one predicts, a "genocide of the Cameroons and Osbornites". |
| A stubbornly enduring deficit, a tax credit U-turn, and the sheer numbers of MPs who have chosen to back a leave vote at the referendum have seen Osborne's authority leak. | A stubbornly enduring deficit, a tax credit U-turn, and the sheer numbers of MPs who have chosen to back a leave vote at the referendum have seen Osborne's authority leak. |
| A weekend of melodrama has - in one Tory MP's view - burst the dam. | A weekend of melodrama has - in one Tory MP's view - burst the dam. |
| Read more from Ross | Read more from Ross |
| Lord Howard played down Mr Duncan Smith's criticisms of government policy - but Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston said they were "very serious". | Lord Howard played down Mr Duncan Smith's criticisms of government policy - but Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston said they were "very serious". |
| "Today, when David Cameron stands up, he has to reaffirm the message that led many people like myself to join the Conservative Party in the first place when he became leader," she said. | "Today, when David Cameron stands up, he has to reaffirm the message that led many people like myself to join the Conservative Party in the first place when he became leader," she said. |
| "Are we about social justice? Are we about spreading the burden fairly? We need to hear that very clear message today." | "Are we about social justice? Are we about spreading the burden fairly? We need to hear that very clear message today." |
| She suggested pensioner benefits - which the Conservatives pledged to protect in their manifesto - should be cut to make up the shortfall. | She suggested pensioner benefits - which the Conservatives pledged to protect in their manifesto - should be cut to make up the shortfall. |
| A number of senior Conservative figures have questioned Mr Osborne's credentials to replace David Cameron as prime minister when he steps down. | |
| Former chief whip Andrew Mitchell described Mr Osborne's abortive attempt to reform PIP as a "cock-up". | |
| He said Mr Osborne was "not the only candidate" for the party leadership and there were a "large number" of alternatives. | |
| Influential backbencher David Davis told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire the £4bn welfare savings should be cancelled and suggested Mr Osborne should be moved to another department if he wants to be a successful replacement for David Cameron as prime minister. | |
| London Mayor Boris Johnson, seen as Mr Osborne's main rival for the top job, is returning from a skiing holiday and has yet to comment. | |
| BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said it was understood Mr Cameron had urged Mr Osborne to avoid any major controversy in the Budget so as to avoid fuelling discontent among Tory MPs ahead of the EU referendum. | BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said it was understood Mr Cameron had urged Mr Osborne to avoid any major controversy in the Budget so as to avoid fuelling discontent among Tory MPs ahead of the EU referendum. |
| Despite this, our correspondent said, Downing Street insists "the two men remain as close as ever", and have dismissed reports that the prime minister will seek to distance himself from Mr Osborne. | Despite this, our correspondent said, Downing Street insists "the two men remain as close as ever", and have dismissed reports that the prime minister will seek to distance himself from Mr Osborne. |
| With the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) cuts, which prompted a furious reaction from opposition parties and some Conservative MPs, now expected to be cancelled, it is not yet clear if Mr Crabb's department will have to find cuts immediately to make the equivalent savings. | With the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) cuts, which prompted a furious reaction from opposition parties and some Conservative MPs, now expected to be cancelled, it is not yet clear if Mr Crabb's department will have to find cuts immediately to make the equivalent savings. |
| Number 10 has stressed that PIP will still have to be reformed in the future as the cost is "unsustainable." | Number 10 has stressed that PIP will still have to be reformed in the future as the cost is "unsustainable." |
| Mr Corbyn told the BBC Mr Osborne should be "considering his position". | |
| "We don't want that £4bn taken from somewhere else within the welfare budget, that £4bn has to be put back in. | "We don't want that £4bn taken from somewhere else within the welfare budget, that £4bn has to be put back in. |
| "That means a real change in the Budget so it shouldn't be Stephen Crabb who comes to Parliament today, but George Osborne, to tell us how he is now going to reconfigure his Budget." | "That means a real change in the Budget so it shouldn't be Stephen Crabb who comes to Parliament today, but George Osborne, to tell us how he is now going to reconfigure his Budget." |
| What are Personal Independence Payments? | What are Personal Independence Payments? |
| Who would the disability changes impact? | Who would the disability changes impact? |