Chancellor announces measures to help households, with breaks on alcohol and fuel duties
Rishi Sunak has bowed to intense pressure by partly reversing universal credit cuts as he announced measures at 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 launch reforms to universal credit worth more than £2bn to soften the blow from the biggest ever overnight cut in benefits earlier this month.
