Rachel Reeves delivered her second Budget on Wednesday with a £26 billion tax raid.
But the Labour Chancellor also announced a series of measures to tackle the cost-of-living crisis affecting so many households in Britain.
As millions of people across the country try to understand how they will be impacted by the Budget, here are the key points:
Energy bills
Average household energy bills will be cut by £150 from next April, the Chancellor said as she axed the ECO scheme brought in under the Conservatives. Ms Reeves said: “It costs households £1.7 billion a year on their bills… …and for 97 percent of families in fuel poverty, the scheme has cost them more than it has saved.”
Income tax
The Chancellor has extended the six-year Tory freeze on income tax thresholds by a furth

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