Written Question·Treasury·UIN 49680

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 7 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing income tax bands on economic productivity.

Answer

James Murray
The Government is committed to keeping taxes for working people as low as possible while ensuring fiscal responsibility and so, at our first Budget, we decided not to extend the freeze on personal tax thresholds. This decision was reflected in the OBR’s s...

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