Labour Hopes of voter boost in Scotland and Wales

Labour leaders in Edinburgh and Cardiff sought credit for the most progressive measures in Rachel Reeves's budget yesterday, pinning their hopes for next year's critical elections on a package that increases funding for Scotland and Wales by nearly £2bn.

- Severin Carrell Steven Morris

That funding boost and the abolition of the two-child limit for universal credit recipients were seen as a relief in both capitals.

Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, said: "I demanded a Labour budget rooted in Labour values and that is what the chancellor has delivered. This budget means child poverty down, energy bills down, wages up and austerity rejected."