Iain Duncan Smith resigns, citing disability cuts – and with a swipe at Osborne

The Work and Pensions secretary has resigned from the Cabinet, as the Treasury says that plans to cut PIP disability benefits have been "kicked into the long grass".

By Helen Lewis

Iain Duncan Smith has resigned from the Cabinet, citing the disability benefits cuts in the Budget.

The Work and Pensions Secretary has called the latest cuts “a compromise too far”, and “distinctly political”, rather than necessary for economic reasons.