Benefits Reform Hits The Buffers.

After the Chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee described Ian Duncan Smith's reform of the benefit system as "a train crash waiting to happen," the government has decided to push ahead regardless. Asked for his comments Ian Duncan Smith, Minister for Punishing the Unemployed, said; "It's very important that we put a stop to benefit fraud which amounts to nearly £5 billion every year. This is offset by the £5 billion in unclaimed benefits its true, but the money saved will go some way in helping to fund tax avoidance which amounts to £110 billion every year. Some misguided people have suggested that we should concentrate on plugging the loopholes in the tax system but this is clearly nonsense. If we did that rich people would suffer and that has to be avoided at all costs. It is far better to punish the poor and unemployed who, lets face it, are unimportant and beneath contempt." A Westminster insider told us; "IDS may be a vicious little swine but his heart's in the right place - he loves rich people and can't stand people who lie and cheat for anything less than millions. The Tory party has always believed that stealing large amounts of money is enterprising while stealing small amounts is simply low criminality."