John Healey: “We’ll be watching closely for any suggestions that customers are being taken for a ride at the pump or the till.”

Cutting welfare spending was a priority and announced that every mayor in England would have access to a Local Apprenticeships Service from March 2027 to generate thousands more youth opportunities.

The best thing we can offer a young person is not a benefit payment - it's a first job with training and a wage.

The money New Labour had in the nineties is simply not there now.

And every chancellor would say that’s for the budget, and I’ll set out my plans and the future route for government for this country at that budget.