John Bingham, and Peter Dominiczak — Cutting benefits part of a 'moral mission', Cameron tells new Cardinal

David Cameron says he is giving unemployed Britons “new hope and responsibility” by cutting their benefit payments and claims his welfare reforms are part of a “moral mission” for the country.

In an article for the Telegraph, the Prime Minister issues a sharp rebuke to Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, who said recent changes had left many in “hunger and destitution”.

Mr Cameron argues that the Archbishop of Westminster’s criticism is “simply not true” and says the overhaul of the benefits system, led by Iain Duncan Smith, himself a practising Catholic, was about “doing what is right” and not simply “making the numbers add up”.

His comments came as Archbishop Nichols, who will be made a Cardinal later this week, stepped up his warnings over implementation of welfare reforms.

The Telegraph (UK)
Cutting benefits part of a 'moral mission', Cameron tells new Cardinal
John Bingham, and Peter Dominiczak

(h/t Andy Blatchford)

The prime minister schools the new cardinal on the real meaning of Christian morality. Get out the popcorn. This should be good.

Notice also that Archbishop Nichols's elevation is an early appointment of Pope Francis, signaling the direction the Church is taking internationally.