Iain Duncan Smith
"If I had to, I would."
David Cameron
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister, like the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, feels that benefit levels are fair."
George Osborne
"I don’t think it's sensible to reduce this to a debate about one individual's personal circumstances. This debate is not about any individual."
Greg Clark (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
"I think it’s an incredible struggle to do that and I think any MP, anyone earning the comfortable wage that an MP has would certainly struggle.
"I think the context is this – we’re all having to tighten our belts…right across the board there are difficult choices to be made, it is an incredibly difficult situation."
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Iain Duncan Smith: Iain Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week.
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