Chancellor says Britain must make 'sacrifices' in Autumn Statement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Social care
60% : Along with working age homeowners they face an increase in energy bills, set to rise from an average of £2,500 to £3,000 in April as Government aid is tapered off over the course of a year.
59% : This means generators of renewable power such as wind or solar and nuclear plants can benefit from high wholesale prices.
59% : Mr Hunt also revealed that social care will get £1billion more cash next year and £1.7billion the following year to provide care for an extra 200,000 people.
57% :Due to tax savings and ditched reforms, it effectively gives the sector an extra £7.5billion over the next two years, he said.
55% : Up to now councils were required to put any plans to bump up tax by more than 2 per cent to the public in a vote, alongside a 1 per cent to fund social care.
55% : The cap on the amount people have to pay towards social care has been delayed for two years, the Chancellor confirmed today.
54% : People have to pay the full cost of their social care until their assets -- including the value of their houses -- falls below £23,250.
53% : The basic rate threshold will stay at £12,571 until 2028, while the starting point for 40p tax will be held at £50,271.45p taxThe threshold for the top rate of tax is being lowered from £150,000 to £125,000, which could drag around 250,000 high earners into the top rate for the first time.
51% : Currently workers earning between £12,570 and £50,270 pay the basic rate of income tax.
51% : How Jeremy Hunt's budget affects YOU: Income tax up by hundreds of pounds a year and homeowners hit with £1,000 energy bill rise and likely council tax spike - but pensions and benefits are up 11% and living wage passes £10 an hourJeremy Hunt finally unleashed his Scrooge-like Autumn Statement, adding to the financial gloom of millions of Britons with a swathe of tax rises.
51% : Currently workers earning between £12,570 and £50,270 pay the basic rate of income tax.
49% :Council chiefs, who are responsible for social care services, had urged the Government to ditch the plan, warning the system already faces a £3billion funding blackhole without the extra pressures.
48% : Boris Johnson pledged to 'fix the crisis in social care' when he became Prime Minister in 2019.
47% : All workers faces paying more in tax as a freeze on the personal allowance, basic and higher thresholds is extended to 2028, dragging people deeper into the system by 'stealth'.
47% : Thresholds for National Insurance, inheritance tax and tax-free pension savings will also be frozen, while the threshold for paying capital gains tax will be halved to £6,000.
45% : The Chancellor delayed the flagship cap on social care costs by two years, with officials predicting it will save £1billion next year.
45% : The additional 45p rate of tax used to kick in on earnings of £150,000 or more.
43% : In return for the pay-outs, the sector will have to take on some of the 13,500 patients currently stuck in hospitals who cannot be discharged into social care due to a lack of capacity.
41% : Studies have forecast that the switch could eventually cost the Treasury £7bn in lost VED, along with a further £27 billion a year in fuel duty unless taxes are introduced to cover electric vehicles.
36% : SpendingMr Hunt announced public spending cuts totalling £30billion.

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