Live: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers tax-cutting autumn statement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Public services on their knees.
59% : He added: "Through this vital work we will ensure that over time the growth in public spending is lower than the growth in the economy whilst always protecting the services the public value.
57% : Some of this improvement is from higher tax receipts from a stronger economy, but we also maintain a disciplined approach to public spending.
51% : "Core inflation is now lower than in nearly half of the economies in the EU, and the OBR say headline inflation will fall to 2.8% by the end of 2024, before falling to the 2% target in 2025.
50% : 1.48pmTaxes will be higher at the next election than they were at the last, Ms Reeves has said.
50% : 1.35pmThe Chancellor said he would cut the main rate of national insurance for workers from 12% to 10% as of January, telling MPs this change would "help 27 million" by putting extra money in their payslips.Jeremy Hunt told the Commons he would bring forward urgent legislation to Parliament to introduce the cut in national insurance for employees "from January 6, so that people can see the benefit in their payslips at the start of the new year".
50% : 1.32pmThe Chancellor said he would cut the main rate of national insurance for workers from 12% to 10% as of January1.24pmThe Chancellor pledged not to "take risks with inflation".1.21pmMr Hunt also announced changes designed to help self-employed workers, hailing them as the people who "kept our country running during the pandemic".
50% : "12.49pmThe Chancellor said his fourth measure to help with the cost of living would be to uprate state pensions by 8.5%, "one of the largest-ever cash increases of the state pension".Jeremy Hunt said: "The triple lock has helped lift 250,000 older people out of poverty since it was instituted in 2011 and been a lifeline for many during a period of high inflation.

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