PAUL NOWAK: 'Major policies in Labour Budget will help turn page on long, bleak Tory era'

'Bringing down energy bills and increasing the minimum wage above inflation will make a real difference to families', TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak writes for the Mirror

The Chancellor delivered urgent relief to millions of hard-pressed households across Britain.

This Budget didn’t just talk about helping working people – it actually did something.

Bringing down energy bills and increasing the minimum wage above inflation will make a real difference to families who’ve spent years watching every penny.

But the standout moment was the decision to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap . With just a few words the Chancellor lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. That is not just policy. That is a moral victory.

This paper, trade unions and anti-poverty campaigners