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Iain Duncan Smith quits over planned disability benefit changes (UK Tory)
Source: BBC
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has resigned citing pressure to make cuts to disability benefits.
It comes after mounting controversy over £4bn of planned cuts to Personal Independence Payments, expected to affect 640,000 people.
Mr Duncan Smith said the cuts were "not defensible" within a Budget that "benefits higher earning taxpayers".
Earlier, a government source indicated the changes were going to be "kicked into the long grass".
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35848687