Speculation has been allowed to rumble on, to the point that advisers and their clients are selling assets and looking to cash in on their tax free lump sums before the big day. But will it be so punishing, for so many? And are the steps the government taking necessary to get the country back on its feet?

Tom Selby, director of public policy at AJ Bell, joins us to discuss all of the rumours, speculation and beyond ahead of Wednesday's budget after a gruelling eight-week period in which it has seemed everything, and nothing, is on the table.