15 miserable details buried in Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"The Chancellor is freezing the £12,570 threshold for paying Income Tax and National Insurance and the £50,270 threshold for paying the 40p rate up to April 2028."
Positive
8% Conservative
"In his speech, Jeremy Hunt said certain estimates suggested slapping VAT on private schools - a key Labour policy - would push 90,000 kids to move to state schools."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The last time tax was anywhere near this high as a share of GDP was in 1948, when it was just under 37"
Positive
2% Conservative
"Tax on electric cars will rake in £1.5bn"
Positive
2% Conservative
"The Government plans to raise a bumper £1.5billion a year in tax from electric vehicles."
Positive
2% Conservative
"By 2024-25, the tax burden will be 37.5"
Negative
-4% Liberal
"His warnings of further steep rises in energy bills through to income tax and council tax have already left many households facing cuts in their income."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Whether or not making the choices was tough, the reality of living through the next few years will be, Smith said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"But delaying all of the difficult decisions until after the next general election does cast doubt on the credibility of these plans, said IFS Director Paul Johnson."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Johnson said the chancellor will be hoping that his clear commitment to fiscal responsibility and the independence of the Bank of England, along with the involvement of the OBR and his less pugilistic approach to economic policy-making will be enough to restore the U.K.'s tattered international reputation."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"The foundation's Research Director James Smith said Hunt essentially faced a choice of deciding how, as an energy importer during an energy price shock, Britain would become poorer."
Negative
-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The Chancellor is freezing the £12,570 threshold for paying Income Tax and National Insurance and the £50,270 threshold for paying the 40p rate up to April 2028.
53% : In his speech, Jeremy Hunt said "certain estimates" suggested slapping VAT on private schools - a key Labour policy - would push 90,000 kids to move to state schools.
51% : The last time tax was anywhere near this high as a share of GDP was in 1948, when it was just under 37%.
51% : "Tax on electric cars will rake in £1.5bn
51% : The Government plans to raise a bumper £1.5billion a year in tax from electric vehicles.
48% : By 2024-25, the tax burden will be 37.5% - with an estimated 55% of households paying more in tax.
44% : His warnings of further steep rises in energy bills through to income tax and council tax have already left many households facing cuts in their income.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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