Hunt hails National Insurance cut but Reeves says people still worse off
8 months ago
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Summary
- Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says people are still worse off, despite Jeremy Hunt cutting workers' National Insurance again yesterday
- Reeves tells the BBC that people feel worse off, because "they are worse off"
- Despite the cut, Labour says frozen income tax rates and thresholds mean people have lost money overall
- Hunt says the NI cut, to begin next month, is worth £450 a year for the average worker
- The cut follows a similar 2p cut which began in January
- In the Budget yesterday, Hunt also increased the child benefit threshold from £50,000 to £60,000
- Our correspondents will answer your questions on the Budget later - email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk
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