'We earn £60,000 and want stamp duty scrapped'

There has been a lot of rumors about what the Budget will and won't include. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that both tax increases and budget reductions are on the agenda ahead of her address on Wednesday. People from all income levels are interviewed about what they would like to see in the Budget. If there are topics you would like to see covered, you can contact BBBC Your Voice.

Wesley Thorne, 52, and his partner Toni live near Bristol with their two children. They liked a larger house but claim stamp duty will add £15,000 to £20,000 to the cost of moving, so they want that tax be cut in the Budget. In England and Northern Ireland, stamp duty is a levy payable if you buy a house or a piece of land at a certain price.

I think it sounds like an immoral levy to have a home,

Wesley says. According to him, the chancellor should

either abolish stamp duty entirely [or] just apply it to buildings on a much higher value. Wesley and Toni run an online sweet shop and a market stand, and are members of the Federation of Small Businesses. They currently make more than £60,000 a year, but the exact amount will vary. Cost pressures have

never been so bad,he says, adding,we're hammered from every direction" by skyrocketing sugar and chocolate prices, national minimum wage increases, and rises in business rates. Small businesses like Wesley and Toni's must pay VAT if their tax income exceeds £90,000. Wesley would like the threshold to be raised.

'I'm on £22,000 and I want free bus travel for all students'

Liam Davidson, a third-year undergraduate at the University of Aberdeen, is a researcher at the university of Aberdeen. He has a £800 monthly income, but he still works at a gym. He claims he has £200-£250 in disposable income and has noticed that food prices have risen since his essential bills.

I was down to about £50 a month last month and a week left,

he says. Students of all ages and the rest of the UK are eligible for free bus travel in Scotland, and Liam wishes that the scheme be extended to students of all age groups and the remainder of the United Kingdom.

I'm spending £40 a week to get to and from uni; it's cheaper to drive,

he says. The government said last month that offering free bus travel to children under the age of 22 in England would be "unaffordable.

'I earn £25,000 and want more spent on social housing'

Fatima Tehan Jalloh is a single mother who lives in north London's council housing. She says she loves her job as a level 4 apprentice construction site supervisor. She works full time and her daughter goes to kindergarten, which costs £600 a month. It's one of her biggest expenses, other than rent and bills, and she claims that the total cost of doing everything has continued to rise and raise. Despite that, she appears to be doing fine and that the chancellor should raise taxes and invest more on essential services.

I would certainly be able to pay more if I knew it was going to schools and that social housing would be on the rise,

she says.

'We make £150,000 and have EVs. We should pay to use the roads'

Steve Williams is an IT consultant, and his wife is a counsellor. They are both self-employed, and he says they make more than £150,000 a year. Both live in Basingstoke and commute in electric cars (EV). StEVe says he would have no issue with arumoured EV lEVy.

I use the roads, so I should pay for their upkeep at the end of the day,

he says. You can tax petrol cars on their usage per mile, Steve says, though current talk is that it is only for electric cars, which is unfair.

'We make £67,000 and want more spent on the NHS'

Becki Oliver, 34, lives in Bourne, Lincolnshire, with her husband Tim and their two young children. She works as a PA at an estate firm and says she wants the chancellor to tackle the increasing cost of living.

We can't go out for meals; we can're not treating the kids,

she says; our last holiday was in 2019 - we've never been away as a family.

I know these things are luxury products, but it would be nice to have these luxury items available given how hard we work.

Because of having to bring her son to the hospital, Becki says she is worried about the NHS's stability. She says she would like for the chancellor to increase funding for the healthcare system.

I just feel like money isn't being distributed in the right places,

she says. "There are a lot of people in this world, and we need to be looked after.

'I'm on £32,000 and I'm worried about cuts to Motability'

Kat Watkins lives in Swansea and works with Disability Wales. Her earnings account for just under two-thirds of her household, and she is eligible for universal credit and personal freedom (Pip). Kat has osteogenesis imperfecta type 3 (brittle bone disease) and claims she faces higher energy bills because she has to charge her wheelchair and other items. Purdey's assistance dog, Purdee, spends more than £70 per month on insurance and food, and a new wheelchair service cost her almost £1,000. Some months are tough, she says. I'd be a lot more if my Pip were out.The Budget may include revisions to the Motability policy, which supports people with disabilities who rent cars. As a result of the modification, Kat says she would encourage Reeves not to mess with Motability because "not going to encourage people to get back to work at all.

'We make £100,000 but worry about retiring'

Neal Stead and his partner Tara work in administration, Neal in a contact center, and Tara in . Neal says they don't have major financial challenges despite having a combined income of about £100,000 and having paid off the mortgage on their Bradford home. But, at 58, he is worried about his retirement.

When will I really afford to retire now, is my biggest concern as I approach later life.

The goalpost seems to be moving,he says. He does not want the chancellor totouch pensions" by modifying the tax-free lump sum allowance for withdrawing pension savings.