In all the pre-Budget speculation, leaks and U-turns, one big question emerged - if Chancellor Rachel Reeves was not going to raise income tax, just what changes would she implement to raise the billions the nation needs to balance the books? Finally, we know the answer. And here’s what it means for Kent.

Mind you, most of the details were sensationally leaked 30 minutes before the Chancellor delivered her Budget to the Commons - after the Budget of Responsibility’s report into the Budget was published online by mistake.

Yet there were no big shocks - primarily, one suspects, because so much of the detail had been leaked in the weeks leading up to it.

As Andrew Tate, a partner at business advisors Kreston Reeves, with offices in Canterbury, Chatham and Sandwich explained: “Ultimately,

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