New chancellor scales back help with household energy bills, promising 'new approach'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The threat to government spending was signalled by Hunt, who said: "There will be more difficult decisions, I'm afraid, on both tax and spending as we deliver our commitment to get debt falling as a share of the economy over the medium term.
42% : Hunt also said that he is abandoning plans to cut the basic rate of tax by 1p - which had been due to be brought forward to April - and that it would remain at 20p in the pound until the country can afford to reduce it.
39% : In a televised statement, the chancellor warned of more "tough" decisions to come, hinting at further cuts to government spending.
37% : Hunt - Kwasi Kwarteng's replacement as chancellor in the Liz Truss cabinet - confirmed that he is ditching many of the measures announced in his predecessor's somewhat ill-judged mini-budget, including the planned cut to income tax.

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