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A lot of us who were really looking forward to the end of the last government, and I was certainly one of those people, are a little bit spooked by a lack of aspiration

and an apparent misunderstanding of entrepreneurship.

So I think the government's got itself into something of a trap.

That is just one businessman speaking about one business.

But he may very well represent a looming problem for labour if they get this budget

wrong. Our businesses, our companies, are the very people that they're expecting to generate

growth for this economy, getting slightly turned off by what they're hearing. And it's not just

business. It seems that everyone in Britain is fearful about what the contents

of Rachel Reeves' budget might be tomorrow. The great tradition of Budget Day is the Chancellor

stands at the dispatch box with a glass of whiskey. But given the concern, maybe it's all of us that need a double scotch standing by. Welcome to the newsagents.

The newsagents. It's John. It's Emily. And later we'll be hearing from Lewis in Florida talking to early voters.

Astonishing numbers of people have already voted in America ahead of polling day next week.

That's to come.

But first, we're going to talk the budget because in less than 24 hours,

we will know what the Chancellor has got up her sleeve. And what we're hearing

is levels of concern from pollsters that they're telling us they just haven't ever registered

before. The ordinary voter who has seen this one coming at them down the tunnel for four

months now and is really getting nervous. But we're going to start with the

voice of business. Because you'll remember when Rachel Reeves was trying to get elected,

she kept telling us how important business was to turn the economy around. It was about putting

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