Duncan Smith rejects evidence-based policy: “I believe this to be true”

There's no evidence for his claim that 8,000 people moved into work as a result of the benefit cap but he "believes" it regardless.

By George Eaton

I’ve already told you five things Iain Duncan Smith doesn’t want you to know about the benefit cap (which is introduced nationally today), but I couldn’t allow his egregious interview on the Today progamme this morning to pass without comment.

Early on in his duel with John Humphrys, the Work and Pensions Secretary declared that the homelessness figures had “hardly moved”. The reality? Homelessness in England is up by 27 per cent since the government came to power in 2010.