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In 2015 he was health secretary, and later held other government posts, including chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary.

More than 100 charities have written to the chancellor to call for the two-child limit to be scrapped.

While this "iterative" process is part of the normal forecasting round that precedes a Budget, on Monday of this week the chancellor suggested very strongly that tax rates would go up in a BBC interview.

UK government borrowing costs have risen in reaction to reports the chancellor will not increase income tax in the upcoming Budget.

The newspaper says the chancellor and prime minister U-turned on increasing the tax, which would have broken an election manifesto promise, over fears it would anger voters and Labour MPs.