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We the people challenge Ian Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week for one year.
Responsible department: Department for Work and Pensions
Mr Duncan Smith, insisted he could live on £53 a week - the amount given to a benefits claimant interviewed on the radio.
"If I had to, I would," he said. "The reality is what we are trying to make certain is that the amount of money that taxpayers pay sees some value at the end of it in terms of people being supported.
"There’s been a huge amount of money which, in the course of the welfare system now, has absolutely been wasted.”
Writing in today's Daily Telegraph, Mr Duncan Smith and George Osborne, the Chancellor, said the Coalition is “restoring the original values of the welfare state”.
He has stated, in the public domain, that he could do it. Let us see him do it.
I don't know if I can post a link, but if you Google e-petitions it will come up with the direct.gov site. It's on the front page.
This to me seems like a massively arrogant and ridiculous statement from someone who I doubt would bat an eyelid at spending £53 on wine when he goes out for a meal. It costs me over £50 a month just to take my children to school - that's nearly a quarter of your money right there Mr Smith. It would be considerably more if I used public transport!
Personally I think all MP's should have to live for 6 months on benefits before being allowed to enter government just to give them a taste of what many people have to do to exist! That would help to scrub out the Eton boys' club mentality, at least for a while.
Responsible department: Department for Work and Pensions
Mr Duncan Smith, insisted he could live on £53 a week - the amount given to a benefits claimant interviewed on the radio.
"If I had to, I would," he said. "The reality is what we are trying to make certain is that the amount of money that taxpayers pay sees some value at the end of it in terms of people being supported.
"There’s been a huge amount of money which, in the course of the welfare system now, has absolutely been wasted.”
Writing in today's Daily Telegraph, Mr Duncan Smith and George Osborne, the Chancellor, said the Coalition is “restoring the original values of the welfare state”.
He has stated, in the public domain, that he could do it. Let us see him do it.
I don't know if I can post a link, but if you Google e-petitions it will come up with the direct.gov site. It's on the front page.
This to me seems like a massively arrogant and ridiculous statement from someone who I doubt would bat an eyelid at spending £53 on wine when he goes out for a meal. It costs me over £50 a month just to take my children to school - that's nearly a quarter of your money right there Mr Smith. It would be considerably more if I used public transport!
Personally I think all MP's should have to live for 6 months on benefits before being allowed to enter government just to give them a taste of what many people have to do to exist! That would help to scrub out the Eton boys' club mentality, at least for a while.
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