UK prepares second budget amid slowing economy and rising fiscal pressures

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Reeves, the first woman to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer, is expected to tell Parliament that additional revenue-raising steps are unavoidable, despite having previously insisted that her inaugural budget last year would be the only major tax-raising plan of the current parliamentary term, which runs until 2029.
54% : Reeves, the first woman to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer, is expected to tell Parliament that additional revenue-raising steps are unavoidable Britain's Labour government will unveil its second budget on Wednesday, as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to announce further tax measures to bridge a widening gap in public finances.
50% : Critics argue last year's tax increases on businesses have weighed on the recovery.

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