Was Iain Duncan Smith Right to Resign?

Mal Fletcher on BBC Radio


The unexpected resignation of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith has raised huge questions about the stability of the UK's governing Tory Party in the wake of the Budget.

Was the minister right to resign? Who will come out of this the worse off, Smith or the Chancellor George Osborne, whose cuts to disability benefits led to the resignation?

Mal Fletcher, social commentator and futurist, shares his insights in this BBC radio interview with host David Prever and fellow guest Lloyd Figgins, a global risk manager.