‘The rich need to pay more’: Britons’ hopes and fears for the budget

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. The chancellor will present her budget on Wednesday. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Seven Britons share their hopes and fears about the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first budget, and weigh up the needs of pensioners, those unable to work and small businesses, with tax incentives for professionals and the government’s budgeting needs.

‘I worry the wealthy won’t be properly taxed yet again’