Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says he would not accept a suggested extra £10bn of benefit cuts. He told the Times that welfare should not be "an easy target" and the government had "a responsibility to support people in difficulty".
The government identified an £18bn reduction in welfare spending by 2014 in last month's Budget.
Chancellor George Osborne says an extra £10bn cut in welfare spending would avoid extra cuts for other departments.
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