Oral QuestionTreasury

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of her fiscal policies on low income households.

Tabled: 3 December 2025Answered: 9 December 2025

Asked by

David Williams

LabourStoke-on-Trent North

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)

The approach in the Budget provides significant support for low-income households, taking an average of £150 off people’s energy bills from April next year, freezing rail fares and prescription fees for a year, and expanding the free childcare offer. The steps that I have taken as Chancellor, including the removal of the two-child limit and the expansion of free school meals, will also lift about 550,000 children out of poverty.