Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, commenting as Iain Duncan Smith’s repeated promises to deliver Universal Credit, ‘on time and on budget’ have been broken, with an astonishing £40 million written off so far, £91 million written down and only a handful expected to claim Universal Credit by 2015, said:

“Now we learn that Iain Duncan Smith’s officials are warning of further delays, more wasted taxpayers’ money and bickering between Ministers. While families are facing a cost-of-living crisis, it’s completely unacceptable that millions have been wasted because of failures by David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith to get a grip of their flagship Universal Credit scheme.”