Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled Labour's first Budget for 14 years and it was jam-packed with announcements on how much tax each of us will pay and how much the government will spend on public services. BBC News has been speaking to people with a range of incomes about what they wanted from the Budget and what they made of it. If there are issues you would like to see covered, you can get in touch via .
Mum-of-two Hannah Clarke from Rutland in the East Midlands was juggling two part-time jobs but recently started studying full-time for a midwifery degree. She also works six to eight hours a week as a self-employed beauty technician. Hannah takes home about £1,800 a month, mostly via a student loan which she doesn't pay tax on.
She says this just about covers her mortgage payments, as well as bills and fuel. She watched the entire 77-minute Budget between lectures and is relieved that the freeze on fuel duty will stay in place. "I have to drive to uni every day so that was brilliant to hear.
" She says that overall, the Budget gave her "glimmers of hope". She is glad that the freeze on income tax thresholds will end in 2028, as this will be around the time she graduates. But she adds she was a bit disappointed that Reeves did not announce anything to tackle the issue of pay for NHS workers.
"I would have loved to have seen [something like] funding for NHS degrees for things like nursing and midwifery, where your fees are paid if you work for the NHS for a certain number .
