Statement is ‘a balanced plan for stability, growth and public services’, says Hunt

 

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered the autumn assertion, saying a variety of tax rises and spending cuts.

The headline proposals are:

  • The brink for when the very best earners begin paying the highest charge of earnings tax might be introduced down from £150,000 to £125,140
  • The family annual power invoice cap will rise to £3,000 within the spring, from the present £2,500 cap.
  • A Windfall tax on the income of oil and fuel corporations will enhance from 25% to 35% and prolonged till March 2028
  • Means-tested advantages and pensions willrise in step with inflation

Hunt hailed the brand new proposals as “a balanced plan for stability, progress and public providers”.