With the UK economy rooted in a recession that some experts expect to last into 2010, what do you expect from Chancellor Alistair Darling when he delivers his Budget on 22 April?

One of the key aims of the Budget will be the restoration of flagging confidence in the UK economy, among both investors and consumers.

Consumer confidence currently remains lower than during the recessions of the 1980s and 1990s, according to a survey by research group GFK NOP.

Let us know what you think about some of the key issues in our live poll.