THE Scottish government has defended its social security system after a think tank accused it of spending “with abandon.”The Centre of Social Justice (CSJ) – co-founded in 2004 by welfare axeman Ian Duncan Smith – has argued for cuts on the grounds social security spending not only “disincentivises work,” but has “ballooned out of control.”Its Benefitting Scotland? report points to rates of persistent child poverty of 23 per cent, well in excess of the Scottish government’s own 8 per cent target, despite an added £1 billion in additional payments, as evidence of failure.

THE Scottish government has defended its social security system after a think tank accused it of spending “with abandon.”

The Centre of Social Justice (CSJ) – co-founded in 2004 by welfare axeman Ian Duncan Smith – has argued for cuts on the grounds social security spending not only “disincentivises work,” but has “ballooned out of control.”

Its Benefitting Scotland? report points to rates of persistent child poverty of 23 per cent, well in excess of the Scottish government’s own 8 per cent target, despite an added £1 billion in additional payments, as evidence of failure.

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