Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out a string of cost of living measures to help lower income households as she set out her Budget, with plans for £26billion in tax rises

Rachel Reeves promised relief to hard-up households in the Budget with a raft of cost of living measures funded by a £26billion tax raid.

Her big moment was initially marred by an unprecedented blunder by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which accidentally leaked key details more than 30 minutes before she began her speech. But the furious Chancellor, who found out in the Commons chamber, came out fighting as she promised to ease pressure on ordinary Brits with help on energy bills , wages, rail fares and fuel costs.

"I said I would cut the cost of living, and I meant it. This Budget will bring down inflation and

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