ALT What’s in Today’s Autumn Statement? 1. Employee National Insurance Tax Cut from 12% to 10% - a £450 tax cut for the average worker earning £35,400 a year 2. National Insurance Tax Cut for the self-employed - a tax cut of £350 for the average self-employed person earning £28,200 a year 3. National Living Wage increased to £11.44 for workers aged 21 & over 4. Confirming the pensions triple lock – increasing the State Pension & Pension Credit by 8.5% 5. Uprating working age benefits by 6.7% 6. Back to Work Plan 7. Alcohol Duty Frozen 8. Raising Local Housing Allowance 9. Up to £1k off your energy bills for those nearest new electricity infrastructure 10. Full Expensing: invest for less – made permanent to help boost investment by £20bn a year 11. £4.5bn investment in manufacturing