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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
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ALT Heavy fighting continues north of Kyiv. Russian forces advancing on the city from the north-east have stalled. Forces advancing from the direction of Hostomel to the north-west have met Ukrainian resistance. The bulk of Russian forces remain more than 25km from the centre of the city. Kyiv remains Russia’s primary military objective and they are likely to prioritise attempting to encircle the city over coming weeks.