Chancellor announces measures to help households, with lower alcohol and fuel duties
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Rishi Sunak has bowed to intense pressure by partly reversing universal credit cuts as he announced measures in the budget to deal with a squeeze on households this winter, with lower alcohol and fuel duties.
In a budget statement aiming to move on from the coronavirus pandemic, the chancellor said he would introduce reforms to universal credit worth more than £2bn, to soften the blow from the biggest ever overnight cut in benefits.
