Iain Duncan Smith in cabinet row over £12bn welfare cuts

Work and pensions secretary fighting rearguard action against any changes that would involve slashing at key benefit schemesIain Duncan Smith is “pushing back” against attempts to “salami slice” through the welfare budget to deliver the prime minister’s pledge of £12bn in savings, allies of the work and pensions secretary have claimed.Duncan Smith was surprised when the sheer scale of the cuts was announced in January last year, and is now fighting a rearguard action against chan