UK finance minister leaves 11 Downing Street to present budget

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Rachel Reeves leaves No. 11 Downing Street to present the government's budget to Parliament, pausing to make the traditional pose for the media while holding the ministerial red box in which the budget papers are carried. The budget is expected to raise taxes to curb debt and fund public services, while aiming to reassure financial markets and voters alike. IMAGES