The resignation of Iain Duncan Smith, MP Chingford and Woodford Green, as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has thrown the Conservative party into disarray and cast a light on the importance of compromise within the workplace.
Duncan Smith resigned on Friday, and said in his resignation letter that “difficult cuts have been necessary” but that the latest cuts in last week’s Budget were “a compromise too far.” He also outlined how he and his team were “pressured in the immediate run up to a Budget or fiscal event to deliver yet more reductions.”
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