Chancellor backs business and rewards workers to get Britain growing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The OBR expect that the measures announced at Autumn Statement will support a further 78,000 people into work by 2028-29, on top of the 110,000 resulting from action taken at Spring Budget.
49% : Further action to help families includes increasing the Local Housing Allowance rate to cover the lowest 30% of rents from April - benefiting 1.6 million households with an average gain of £800 in 2024/25 - and an alcohol duty freeze to 1st August 2024, following common-sense changes of the duty system made possible by Brexit.
45% : Cutting National Insurance will not lead to any change in NHS funding or pension payments.
42% : To that end, Mr Hunt announced that a 2 percentage point cut to Employee National Insurance from 12% to 10% will come into effect from January 2024.
36% : Taxes for the self-employed will also be cut and reformed.

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