Finally, after months of fevered speculation, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will today open her big red box and unveil the details of this year’s Budget.

At around 12.30pm this lunchtime, just after the weekly jeers and cheers that surround Prime Minister’s Questions die down, the Chancellor will stand before the House of Commons and put an end, once and for all, to all the talk.

For everyone in Kent, it’s crunch time. Tax rises seem inevitable . The big question is, who will be footing them?

Rarely is so much political capital at stake in one announcement.

Labour’s decline in the polls, the Prime Minister’s dwindling popularity, the sluggish economy, the growing dissatisfaction on the government’s own back-benches, and the pre-announcement flip-flopping on just what the Budget will conta

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