Call to raise tax thresholds among union demands ahead of Budget
In her last Budget, then-Chancellor Rachel Reeves froze tax thresholds until 2031. The basic rate of 20% is paid on annual earnings between £12,571 and £50,270. I told him [Burnham] that you have to make working class people believe their best days are in front of them.
- ▪In her last Budget, then-Chancellor Rachel Reeves froze tax thresholds until 2031.
- ▪The basic rate of 20% is paid on annual earnings between £12,571 and £50,270.
- ▪I told him [Burnham] that you have to make working class people believe their best days are in front of them.
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Call to raise tax thresholds among union demands ahead of BudgetImage source, PA MediaByIain WatsonPolitical correspondentPublished4 minutes agoUnions who donate to Labour will meet John Healey on Thursday to press home their demands ahead of next month's Budget.Unite, the UK's second biggest union, has called for a reversal of the freezing of tax thresholds, that see the lowest paid drawn into paying tax.The union's leader, Sharon Graham, said she told Andy Burnham that the cut to the winter fuel allowance, carried out under former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, was a "disgrace", adding: "What to you need to do is winter fuel in reverse - something that says to everyday people I am on your side."The call is one of a number of policy proposals unions are taking to the chancellor,…
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