Parental pay will be extended to self-employed fathers and partners in a package of measures to ease the cost of living.
The Treasury also said it would try to cut taxes for those who drive for work and slash tariffs on some foods.
But the weekly shop will be just 40p a week cheaper under plans to remove import levies on foods such as baked beans and chocolate.
It comes after the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned families will be up to £770 a year worse off in this parliament.
Reports also suggest the Chancellor will increase the national living wage by nearly 4 per cent
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