4+ hour, 11+ min ago (399+ words) Businesses still reeling from last year's low blow, sucker punch Budget are calling for some desperately-needed backing from the chancellor this time around. They want Rachel Reeves to "turn the tide" on the number of small firms being forced to axe staff and hike prices after her "25bn National Insurance raid last October. Businesses are warning that if the government wants growth it must work with firms, not against them. The chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce the Budget on Wednesday November 26 (Image: Justin Tallis/PA Wire) It its manifesto, Labour claimed to be 'pro business and pro worker', and the party of 'working people'. Small businesses say the government has been anything but so far. The chancellor's 'inflation-beating' minimum wage increase announced last year was immediately cancelled out by businesses reacting to the surge in employment costs by raising their prices....