Hello, you're listening to Cheechy, the podcast that gets you up to speed with what you need to know in just 10 minutes.

I'm Sophie Rich.

And I'm Wilfrid Frost. It's Wednesday, the 26th of November, also known finally as Budget Day.

So we'll tweet through about what's already been announced, what we think is going to be announced and then of course give you the

context of all as well. And hopefully we can explain why everyone keeps saying the word smorgasbord.

Lots to get through on the budget. We're also going to talk to you about some new plans to tackle

the court back dog, which are seen as very controversial. I'm going to try and find out why even Keistama has got in on the 6-7 trend.

So it's Budget Day. We're finally there, Sophie, and we will find out later today what all of the individual line items in the budget are.

The big headline point is that taxes are going up.

And we just wanted to start by reminding you what Rachel Reeves said in May last year on the campaign trail before the election.

And Kear and I have been really clear.

We want taxes on working people to be lower.

But we need to always account for how we would pay for any promises that we make.

So we've committed to not increase national insurance or income tax.

And if the money is available, of course, as we've said, we would like taxes on working people to be lower.

I think the big question to set this up is, will there be an explicit break of the manifesto

pledge? That looks highly unlikely. But will they still take a lot of political heat for now

two years in a row putting up taxes when that was the framing before the election? And Sophie,

I guess linked to that, my question for you is, what is this term,

this black hole that we keep talking about? Because today we'll find out how big it is and how

much she has to annoy voters, how much she has to put up taxes. Yeah, just on the income taxing

for a start, because I think this is really important. Most people would say if you're paying more

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