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**Chris** · 03-10-2016, 17:01

IDS is a backbencher and not involved at all as things stand. But he has welcomed the move away from re-assessment of permanent disability and has said its a reform he wanted to make while in office. It is now fairly well understood that Osborne's hand weighed heavily at the DWP and IDS was often (unfairly, IMO) demonised for harsh policies that weren't actually his.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,225	Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged. IDS is a backbencher and not involved at all as things stand. But he has welcomed the move away from re-assessment of permanent disability and has said its a reform he wanted to make while in office. It is now fairly well understood that Osborne's hand weighed heavily at the DWP and IDS was often (unfairly, IMO) demonised for harsh policies that weren't actually his.