Extra cash for councils, more funding to build hospitals and schools, scrap the two-child tax credit limit and end austerity are just some of the demands being placed on Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she prepares to unveil her first Budget.

She will deliver a Labour government’s autumn statement spending plans for the first time since 2009 on Wednesday.

The Scottish Government wants more money for infrastructure projects and campaigners want the tax credit cap lifted to prevent thousands more children from being trapped in poverty.

Ahead of the budget Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, said there would be tax rises but the "payslips" of working people would be protected.

Glasgow City Council Treasurer Ricky Bell wants councils to be enabled to be funded properly and the Scottish Labour leader said the budget should end austerity.

Last week the Glasgow Times reported Bell stating the reported plan to increase employers National Insurance contributions could cost the council £26m if not funded.

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He has also said there is a £4.3bn spending gap across the UK for councils and that “years of sustained austerity from the UK Government has led to this financial shortfall”.

Bell added: “We need to turn on the page on the destructive cuts and austerity of the past.”

In a motion to Glasgow City Council this week, he said: “The new UK Government must increase funding to councils to protect vital services and the communities we serve.”

Shona Robison, Scottish Government finance Secretary, said rising costs and global events have hit the Scottish budget and Holyrood has limited powers to deal with it.

Robison said: “Funding for hospitals, schools, transport and other infrastructure is vital for economic growth and cutting emissions, so it is important that the Chancellor uses the Autumn Budget to deliver sustainable funding for the future and significantly increases capital funding.” 

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Meanwhile, Child Poverty Action Group Scotland said more than 12,000 children have been pulled into poverty since Labour took power by retaining the two child limit.

 John Dickie, director of Child Poverty Action Group Scotland, said: “Children being pulled into poverty really can’t wait any longer.

“We welcome the new UK government’s commitment to develop a child poverty strategy, but the bottom line is that no strategy can be credible if the two-child limit continues to pull over 100 more children into poverty each and every day.”

In a speech ahead of the Budget Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader, echoed the call for capital investment.

He said: "This must be a Budget that marks the end of the austerity era, a damaging Tory policy that decimated public services and targeted the most vulnerable while giving those responsible for economic chaos a free pass.

"Additionally, any tax increases must fall on those with the broadest shoulders, not on working people who have already borne the brunt of the Tories crashing the economy and SNP income tax hikes.

"We need a Budget that prioritises investment and growth. We must see a significant increase in capital investment to ensure we have the infrastructure, hospitals, and schools we need.”

The Prime Minister said you cannot have lower taxes and public services that are effective.

Starmer said: “Nobody wants higher taxes, just like nobody wants public spending cuts.

"But we have to be realistic about where we are as a country.

"This is not 1997, when the economy was decent but public services were on their knees. And it’s not 2010, where public services were strong, but the public finances were weak. We have to deal with both sides of that coin."