Energy bills help slashed and 1p income tax cut scrapped in Jeremy Hunt U-turn

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Only two major announcements from the mini-Budget three weeks ago - a cut to Stamp Duty and a cut to National Insurance from April - will still take effect.
44% : Mr Hunt said put together the changes announced today will save the public purse £32billion a year - in a change which effectively bins Ms Truss's entire strategy of cutting taxes to fuel growth.
41% : It comes after ministers already junked a £19bn-a-year cut to corporation tax - despite Liz Truss saying this 'would damage growth and innovation' - and U-turned on plans to remove the 45p top Income Tax rate for the wealthiest Brits.
39% : Furthermore, he is also plotting to scrap plans to cut Income Tax from 20p to 19p in every pound next April.
39% : Income Tax might not even be cut in 2024 - like the Tories promised.

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