Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on reports of an expected speech by Iain Duncan Smith tomorrow, said:

“David Cameron’s government has failed to control social security spending and is set to overspend on welfare by a staggering £13 billion.

“Under Iain Duncan Smith housing benefit spending is rising, not falling. The number of working people claiming housing benefit is set to double between 2010 - 2018 costing every British household £488. The Government’s flagship welfare reforms are in chaos. Millions of taxpayers money has been wasted on the £12.8billion Universal Credit which less than 7000 people are claiming.”