IAIN Duncan Smith has been accused of snubbing the Scottish people by finally agreeing to make a trip to Edinburgh for talks over the Government's controversial welfare reforms only because he is in the capital for a conference.
The Work and Pensions Secretary is due to address a £350-per-head event organised by outsourcing firm Capital, but the convener of the Scottish Parliament's Welfare Reform Committee is annoyed the secretary of state for work and pensions' advisers said he could only "find an hour" for a private meeting with MSPs on the day of the event, March 27.
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