Row over '20 per cent rise' in working age benefits
The row over welfare cuts hit a new low as the Tories and Labour traded figures ahead of a Commons vote on plans to impose a real-terms benefits cut.
Iain Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary, said the numbers showed "many working-age benefits" had risen by 20 per cent since 2007, outstripping a 12 per cent rise in private sector pay.
In defending the squeeze announced by Chancellor George Osborne last month, he said the increases cost the taxpayer £6.3 billion.
Sgt Lee Deval, from the Channel 5 series Frontline Police, has told Daybreak that the police are threatening "work to rule" in protest against the Government's plans to curb pay and pensions.
Unions will hold their annual conference this week Credit: PA Wire
Chief Superintendent Derek Barnett, the associations president, will tell the unions annual conference this week that senior officers should consider a nationwide campaign of non-co-operation unless ministers backtrack on cuts to police pay and funding.
