Five main points from the chancellor's Autumn Statement | The Week UK

Nov 17, 2022 View Original Article
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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 threshold for the highest rate of income tax has been slashed from £150,000 to £125,140, meaning more people will pay the 45p top rate."
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2% Conservative
"Allegretti questioned the combination of taxation and public service cuts, suggesting that voters might wear higher taxes, but they would probably expect better from languishing public services."
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-12% Liberal
"The chancellor claimed his plan for stability will save £55bn, and it includes both tax rises and cuts to public spending."
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-14% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The threshold for the highest rate of income tax has been slashed from £150,000 to £125,140, meaning more people will pay the 45p top rate.
44% : Allegretti questioned the combination of taxation and public service cuts, suggesting that "voters might wear higher taxes, but they would probably expect better from languishing public services".
43% : The chancellor claimed his "plan for stability" will save £55bn, and it includes both tax rises and cuts to public spending.
42% : Meanwhile, the chancellor announced a series of threshold freezes, which, due to inflation, will push taxes up.

*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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