as chancellorjeremy hunt looks for ways to help fund social care. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley joins us now. nick what do we know about this? good morning to you, sally. 0ne caveat to everything you will hear this week around the autumn statement is the treasury keeps saying that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and it could all change at the last minute, but one of the things that is being discussed over the past few days is, in 11 downing st, is the idea of allowing councils to increase council tax by a bit more. at the moment councils are allowed to increase council tax byjust under 3% and if they want to do it put it to a referendum. 0ne 3% and if they want to do it put it to a referendum. one of the things that seems increasingly likely is that seems increasingly likely is that the level at which that could go that the level at which that could 9° up that the level at which that could go up will be higher so there is some speculation in the papers