Osborne 'Wants To Slash Sick Pay By £2.5bn'
499 views · Published 12 September 2010 · 2:08 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: Sky News · 2010 · News & Politics
The Chancellor is facing a backlash over claims he agreed to slash £2.5bn from the sickness benefits budget. The Observer newspaper claims the plans were detailed in a letter from George Osborne to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith in June. Sky's political correspondent Glen Oglaza reports.