Wednesday's national newspaper front pages

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The chancellor said in a speech hinting at tax rises that "national interest" will come before "political expediency", The Times reports.

Sir David Beckham's knighthood is on the front page of The Sun, with the former England captain admitting he had been "crying for months".

The Financial Times leads on Rachel Reeves's speech, where she hinted businesses would have to pay more in taxes in this month's "fair" budget.

Labour plans to scrap Conservative reforms on education. The changes will cut GCSE exams and simplify primary school tests - reports the Daily Mail.

According to The i Paper, Rachel Reeves is poised to announce a rise in the basic rate of income tax at the next budget, the first since 1975. 

A day after The Daily Telegraph reported on a BBC whistleblower claiming the broadcaster "doctored" footage of Donald Trump, the paper leads on calls for director-general Tim Davie to be sacked.

The Daily Star reports on Rachel Reeves's pre-budget speech - the first of its kind for 50 years.

Kemi Badenoch writes in the Daily Express that Rachel Reeves "blames everyone else" for the state of the UK economy because "she's running out of time".

The Daily Mirror reports on trade unions urging Rachel Reeves to tax the wealthiest before working people ahead of this month's budget.