John Swinney will face First Minister’s Questions after Rachel Reeves made her major UK Budget announcement on Wednesday.

The chancellor announced that income tax and National Insurance thresholds in England will be frozen until April 2031, meaning more people will pay higher rates as salaries rise.

In Scotland, income tax thresholds are decided by Holyrood except for the personal allowance, so Scots won’t know until the Scottish Budget in January if there are any forthcoming changes to rates and bands.

However, opposition leaders will likely be keen to ask the First Minister whether or not he intends to follow in Reeves’ footsteps.

Swinney has previously been pressed over whether the Scottish Government will put up taxes in next year’s Holyrood budget.

A few weeks ago, Scottish Tory

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