Sunak is set to allocate £5.9 billion to the U.K.'s National Health Service to help clear the backlog of people that have been waiting for tests and scans.
He is also due to confirm a rise in the U.K.'s national living wage from £8.91 per hour to £9.50, which is set to come into effect from April 1. Another £1.6 billion is then due to be put toward rolling out new "T-levels," or technical qualifications, for 16-19 year-olds." on Wednesday that markets should be surprised by "very little" in Wednesday's budget.
"If it's focused on investment, I reckon about a third of it will be, that should be positive for longer run growth potential but we should keep an eye on things like minimum wage hikes, corporate taxes because if he goes too far in those directions that could cause some economic trouble," Pickering explained., such as a VAT cut, Pickering said it was "usually very difficult for chancellors to fine tune the economy in the short run.