Iain Duncan Smith vowed to give Britain’s poor another dose of his sickening cuts medicine yesterday – by claiming it was curing unemployment.

The Tory Work and Pensions Secretary insisted slashing benefits is driving those “hardest to help” back into work and putting Britain “on the path to a more productive future.”

Panicked by the prospect of being booted out of office next May, he also signalled his intention to rush through as many welfare cuts as possible.