Join CNBC for live updates on the 2025 Autumn Budget being unveiled by Finance Minister Rachel Reeves.

Strategists also want to see spending cuts, growth-boosting proposals and inflation-busting measures, however.

It's tricky to guage exactly what we're going to get when Chancellor Rachel Reeves finally unveils her spending and taxation plans on Wednesday.

The Chancellor is expected to announce tax hikes as part of the 2025 autumn Budget

Chancellor to set out tax and spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs and cost of living crisis

Join CNBC for live updates on the 2025 Autumn Budget being unveiled by Finance Minister Rachel Reeves.

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pm

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pm

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a rise in taxes and increased welfare spending.