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David Cameron today defended the Government's plans to limit housing benefit, saying it was not fair for working people to see their taxes used to fund homes 'they couldn't even dream of'. The Prime Minister dismissed reports there could be a climbdown over the proposals, telling Labour leader Ed Miliband: 'We are going forward with all the proposals we put in the spending review and in the Budget'.

Fresh attempt to force work-shy to find jobs By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 1:28am GMT 17/12/2006 Ministers will launch a fresh crack-down this week on what they call the "can work, won't work" generation of long-term benefit claimants. John Hutton: Hardline approach John Hutton, the Work and Pensions Secretary, will use a speech tomorrow to claim that tens of thousands are losing out in the jobs market to growing numbers of immigrants, many from eastern Europe, even though "opportunities are out there". Mr Hutton's hardline approach will dismay many backbench Labour MPs, who will fight any...