Paul Brown, Tax Partner, explains, “ The question, “what do you think will be in the Budget?” always causes my heart to sink slightly, even at the best of times. This time around, however, after the tax rollercoaster of the last few months, I have approached this piece with even greater trepidation than usual; how does one predict the entirely unpredictable?

For a speech that lasted less than half an hour, Kwasi Kwarteng’s first “fiscal event” was certainly action-packed. Some of the measures had as ever been trailed well in advance, but there will still be plenty of surprises in what was, in effect, trickle-down economics writ large.

Paul Brown our Tax Partner considers what could happen to tax policy following the mass resignation within Government.