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"Among the proposals worked up by Iain Duncan Smith’s Department of Work and Pensions are: ..."

Two things can be drawn from this:

If the information is incorrect, they have named IDS so it would be easy enough for him to deny it, if it was false.

The key word here is proposal. Proposals are drawn up for consideration all the time, it doesn't automatically mean that they will be implemented.

However, the Tories are committed to making further cuts, they have stated that they will do it. With so many cuts already implemented, further cuts will hit hard, its impossible to avoid that and it will affect a lot of people. It wouldn't surprise me if this was a planned leak to test the water.