The Independent Article RatingStarmer refuses to rule out freeze on income tax thresholds in Budget
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
50% : So, can he confirm today that he won't break another promise by freezing income tax thresholds?" Responding, Sir Keir said: "The Budget is one week today and we will lay out our plans (then)." The Tory leader hit out, accusing the government of Budget chaos, which she said was "causing real anxiety.49% : " Stephen Millard, the deputy director for macroeconomics at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), told the Independent that the positives of such a move would include that it "raises revenue, though later on in the parliament rather than now, and widens the tax base negating, to a degree, the need for a rise in the basic rate".
47% : However, he said any freeze could break the party's manifesto pledge and hit middle-income households, who will be more likely to have to pay tax at the higher rate in the future.
44% : " Afterwards, a Conservative Party spokesperson said: "The prime minister repeatedly failed to repeat the promise made by the chancellor in her Budget last year to end the freeze on income tax thresholds. "Rachel Reeves said any freeze in thresholds would be a breach of the Labour manifesto and would 'hurt working people'.
39% : "And it may not calm markets given it's a promise about future taxes, which could always be gone back on, rather than a rise in taxes today," he warned.
36% : Sir Keir was tackled on the tax thresholds at Prime Minister's Questions by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who said continuing to freeze them would be a breach of Labour's manifesto.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
