Wells MP James Heappey has welcomed Wednesday's budget in which the Chancellor unveiled some positive changes to universal credit and £7.5billion of extra funding for the NHS.
As well as this, it also introduced £1billion in funding to local authorities for high value infrastructure and further support for small businesses.
There were also eye-catching environmental policies, and £44billion earmarked over the next eight years to fund the most ambitious house building programme since the 1950s.
Mr Heappey said: “The positive headlines on housing, welfare and the NHS will be justified because the Chancellor has set out bold plans for easing pressure in those important areas.
“Yet, also within the budget were less eye-catching but equally important measures like funding for technology, and clean growth, which will boost productivity and change the UK’s economy for the better.”