The Government has said it will announce cuts to welfare payments totalling £12 billion when it unveils its emergency budget next Wednesday (8 July). Ahead of the budget, a group of Catholics has sent an open letter to the Works and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith to express their fears about the effect further cuts will have on the unemployed, the sick and disabled. We reproduce the letter below Dear Mr Duncan Smith,We are fellow Catholics and people who were brought up in the Catholic faith. We are writing to express our concern at the impact on our communities of your welfare reform policies. We understand that your Catholic faith is important to you, and your approach is driven by a desire to improve the quality of individual lives. However, we believe that they are in fa