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David Cameron has defended the decision to cap benefit rises at 1% a year, calling it "fair and right".
He said the coalition was acting "in the national interest", in a turbulent Prime Minister's Questions session.
But Labour leader Ed Miliband said the change was "hitting women three times as hard" as men and accused the government of "dividing the nation".
The PM also promised an "unvarnished" review of the coalition's performance in its audit due out later.
The coalition will set out what it sees as its success and failures in meeting the pledges made in the agreement which led to its formation in 2010.
Mr Miliband told MPs he did not have "high hopes" for the document. But the prime minister dismissed this, mocking his opponent's questions by asking: "Is this really the best he can do? He's had a week in the Canary Islands with nothing else to think about."
On the three-year cap of 1% on working-age benefits, Mr Cameron accused Labour, which opposed the move, as being "on the wrong side of the argument".
But Mr Miliband replied: "The only people on the wrong side of the argument are him [Mr Cameron] and his chancellor, who are trying to divide the country."
It is the first Prime Minister's Questions of the year, with the session due to end at about 12:30 GMT.
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