Hunt hails National Insurance cut but Reeves says people still worse off

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Summary

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