PRESELI Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb has been named the new work and pensions secretary following the shock resignation of Iain Duncan Smith yesterday (Friday).
Mr Crabb, who grew up in Haverfordwest and attended Tasker Milward school, had been Secretary of State for Wales since the summer of 2014.
The 43-year-old became MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire in the 2005.
Mr Duncan Smith’s shock resignation came in the wake of proposed benefit cuts to disability benefits.
However, the move "puzzled and disappointed" David Cameron after the Prime Minister said he had decided to rethink the policy.
Mr Crabb was among MPs to vote for cutting Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) benefits to new claimants earlier this month.
A few days later, his Conservative constituency office in Haverfordwest was vandalised, with the message 'Y do u hate the sick' sprayed onto the front of the building.
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