The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

Biography

Iain Duncan Smith was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from May 2010 until March 2016. He was elected Conservative MP for Chingford and Woodford Green in April 1992.

Education

Iain was educated at Dunchurch College of Management, the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst and the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy.

Political career

Iain was Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security from 1997 to 1999 and Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 1999 to 2001. He was Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003.

Career outside politics

After serving in the Scots Guards, Iain worked for General Electric. In 2004, he founded the Centre for Social Justice to help tackle poverty and remained Chairman of the organisation until taking up the post of Secretary of State.

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• Every jobcentre in London and home counties switched to Universal Credit
  • 14 March 2016
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• Baroness Mone publishes ‘Be the boss’ review
  • 01 March 2016
  • Press release
• UK employment reaches record high
  • 17 February 2016
  • Press release
• PM: Improve mental health treatment to get thousands more back to work
  • 15 February 2016
  • Press release
• Benefit cap: 950 households a month move into work, stop claiming Housing benefit or reduce their claim
  • 05 February 2016
  • Press release
• Jobcentre Plus support rolled out to schools
  • 14 January 2016
  • Press release
• Universal Credit claimants significantly more likely to get a job
  • 08 December 2015
  • Press release
• Department for Work and Pensions’ settlement at the Spending Review
  • 25 November 2015
  • Press release
• Benefit cap: tens of thousands move into work or off Housing Benefit
  • 07 November 2015
  • Press release
• Benefit fraud and error at record low
  • 05 November 2015
  • Press release

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