Nick Clegg blasts George Osborne’s ‘monumental mistake’ as Chancellor plans to slash welfare spending by a FURTHER £12billion

Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis said the Government’s policies were pushing people to the “brink of despair.”

“The Tories certainly know how to kick people when they are down. Chancellor Osborne and the rest of this Tory/LibDem Government are just like a broken record. Their one stated aim is to pay down the deficit. Their one policy is to cut public spending and in the process hit the weak, the sick and the vulnerable,”