Duncan Smith


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Duncan Smith

(George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001--03)
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Mr Miliband, 47, will host the current affairs show on the week of June 19 and fellow MP Mr Duncan Smith, 63, kicks off his five day-stint on June 26.
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Mr Crabb, who is MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire, will take over the role after Mr Duncan Smith suddenly resigned on Friday over proposed cuts to disability benefits.
New Welsh Secretary in reshuffle after Tory shock resignation
Smith previously met Duncan Smith and explained the problems faced by some of the most vulnerable people in Easterhouse.
IDS FACES ROUGH RIDE ON RETURN; Local leader to tell axeman the harsh truth when he visits Easterhouse
Mr Duncan Smith might have got more brownie points if he had not tried so hard to conceal it.
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In 2011, Mr Duncan Smith's department ordered Miss Reilly to take on two weeks of unpaid shelf stacking at a Poundland in Birmingham, forcing her to give up her voluntary work at a museum in the process.
Minister's logic just doesn't stack up
Until 2001 the mansion was home to Mrs Duncan Smith's father, Commander John Tapling Fremantle, 87, the fifth Baron Cottesloe.
Housing cuts IDS gets his mansion free
The intervention came amid reports that the Chancellor and Mr Duncan Smith had a blazing row over the up-front costs of proposals for reforming the benefits system.
PM on holiday amid coalition rift rumours
Mr Duncan Smith said: "If you don't get a grip of the gang culture, you will have guns here inside two years."
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But a spokesman for Mr Duncan Smith described it as "a very positive meeting".
Duncan Smith's 'positive' meeting
Mr Duncan Smith said the allegations had put his wife through ``all shades of hell'', while she said she was looking forward to putting a ``terrible time'' for her family behind them.
Commons inquiry on Betsygate clears IDS; Report calls for new guidelines
The committee said Mrs Duncan Smith should have been paid in part out of "Short money" - given to opposition parties - rather than her husband's parliamentary staffing allowance.
IDS cleared over `Betsygate' claims
Glyn Davies, AM for Mid and West Wales, said Mr Duncan Smith could not provide effective opposition to the Government and predicted the party's fortunes would improve with Michael Howard as leader.
No IDS right, says top Tory

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