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Benefits system set for `radical` reform
IDS laments ‘tragic’ welfare state

By Alex Stevenson Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has called the disincentives to work in New Labour’s welfare state a “tragedy”. But in a speech widely expected to outline in more detail the plans of the new government Mr Duncan Smith chose to focus on outlining the problems rather than the solutions to… Read more »

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Davis: Rise will hit self-reliant middle and working classes
Capital gains row puts Cameron on the defensive

By Ian Dunt David Cameron will make a speech outlining his pro-business credentials tomorrow after the row over a capital gains tax hike began spreading among his backbenchers. David Davis joined the growing rebellion with a piece in the Daily Mail this morning, with a warning that a rise would hit the “self-reliant middle and… Read more »