John Healey faced a backlash last night after an underwhelming Budget that left families facing a fall in living standards.
The Chancellor pushed up taxes to a record high and poured billions of pounds more into benefits.
But he ducked tough decisions on increasing defence spending and curbing the runaway welfare budget.
And a package of measures designed to ease the cost of living was so modest it was last night dubbed the ‘Gherkin Budget’ after Mr Healey boasted of tariff cuts that will shave a few pence off a jar of pickled cucumbers.
In a withering assessment, Kemi Badenoch said the Budget ‘does
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