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Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Iain Duncan Smith, Caroline Flint & James Cleverly

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Sky News

Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2157 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Sophy talks to Iain Duncan Smith about Brexit and the government's flagship welfare reform Universal Credit, which was his idea. She also chats to Labour MP Caroline Flint about whether she could back Theresa May's Brexit deal against her own party's wishes. And in a choice between Stormzy or Stormy Daniels, who would Conservative Deputy Chairman James Cleverly pick? #Ridge

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Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast. With the government coming under

0:48.7

increasing pressure over universal credit, I spoke to its architect in Duncan Smith. And I was joined by Labour MP Caroline

0:55.7

Flint and asked whether she could help get Theresa May's Brexit deal over the line.

1:09.4

Well, Cabinet resignations are no longer as rare as they used to be, so it's easy to forget

1:14.3

how big a splash they used to make. But when Ian Duncan Smith resigned as Work and Pension

1:18.7

Secretary in March 2016, after nearly six years in the job, it sent a shockwave through David

1:24.2

Cameron's government. He laid into Cameron's closest ally, then-Chancellor

1:28.4

George Osborne, about cuts to the welfare budget, suggesting that they would kneecap his flagship reform

1:33.3

universal credit. Now, of course, there was also a bit of Brexit behind his decision to walk. It was

1:38.9

only three months before the EU referendum, but there was no doubt that Mr Duncan Smith knew that

1:43.4

things were turning

1:44.2

sour on welfare. And since then, things have been difficult to say the least. The Resolution Foundation

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