Cameron: 'End the tax and benefits merry-go-round'

David Cameron has promised an end to what he has called the "merry-go-round" of taxing low earners and the government then handing money back to the same people in benefits.

At a speech in Runcorn, the prime minister said it was wrong to treat "the symptoms of the social and economic problems we face" while "ignoring the causes" of low pay.