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Iain Duncan Smith

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There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'


— Iain Duncan Smith


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We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'


— Iain Duncan Smith


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With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.


— Iain Duncan Smith


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The introduction of the universal credit under the Government’s welfare reforms will mean that people returning to work from benefits will continue to receive some state support. Subsequently a petition was started on change. Individuals will be told they must earn a minimum amount each week from their jobs and will face being stripped of their housing benefit and tax credits if they fall short under the plan.

In 2003 Conservative MPs passed a Vote of No Confidence in Duncan Smith as many considered him unable to return the party to government. He is the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 to October 2003. He resigned and was succeeded as party leader by Michael Howard.

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