TORY Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith was branded a trickster yesterday after falsely suggesting that thousands of smaller homes were available to people hit by the bedroom tax.

Twice he accused concerned Labour MPs of “scaremongering” when challenged on the hated policy, which ramps up rent for council tenants deemed to have a “spare room.”

But he left Labour MPs gobsmacked as he spat out “bizarre” figures to back up his claim.