Martin Lewis has delivered his prediction of what will be in the government’s Budget next week after a meeting with John Healey .

The Money Saving Expert founder, whose thoughts on the Budget have been taken on board by previous chancellors , said Mr Healey “listened and took notes and didn’t give much away” ahead of next week's major fiscal event.

He said he was “confident” there would be an intervention package for the worst-off to help them tackle the 25 per cent rise in energy prices forecast for January.

Mr Lewis told The New Statesman that this was “based on nothing else other than instinct, it would be unthinkable that a Labour government did not put that package in”.

He thinks the package could double the £150 warm home discount to cover the difference for people on low incomes.…