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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : " If you want to see if your council tax band is eligible for the payment, you can find out here.
53% : Chancellor John Healey yesterday revealed that 20million homes in council tax bands A to D would get the cash straight into their bank accounts in January.
49% : " Council tax bands in England are based on how much your property was worth in 1991 - and they've not been updated in 35 years. Homes worth as little as £495,000 today come under the higher council tax bands E to H, according to property valuation firm ValuQ. Around 5million households in England are in these higher council tax bands.
46% : "Instead of dishing out cash via a postcode lottery, the Chancellor should end net zero and unfreeze tax thresholds.
41% : But the move has been blasted as a "joke" by working Brits, as it emerged today that over 1.4million low-income families will not get the payment as they are in higher council tax bands.

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