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Duncan Smith brands tax credits ‘bribe to the poor’

TORY welfare axeman Iain Duncan Smith claimed yesterday that tax credits were a “bribe” to the poor and branded protesters “vile.”

The millionaire Work and Pensions Secretary shamelessly defended plans to slash the incomes of working families by £1,300 in a speech to his party’s conference.

He complained that too many low-paid workers and poor families are claiming tax credits, which were designed to keep them above the poverty line.

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