Income Tax and National Insurance Threshold Freeze 2025-12-09
2025-12-09
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The Chancellor announced a continued freeze on income tax thresholds. Unison has stated that freezing personal income tax thresholds disproportionately impacts lower and middle-income workers.
There seems to be only one word that the Chancellor understands: tax. Her decision to continue the freeze on income tax thresholds is a hammer blow to working people. Even the Chancellor’s favourite union, Unison, says freezing personal income tax thresholds disproportionately impacts lower and middle-income workers. Does the Chancellor agree with this?
I am a bit confused by that question. The hon. Member said there was one word that was important. Let me give him one figure: £150. That is the amount we are taking off energy bills next year to help people to deal with the cost of living in the here and now. We are supporting people because of the mistakes that previous Governments made by not investing in our energy infrastructure and not investing in our future. We are picking up the pieces after the Conservatives did not take the necessary decisions.
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The exact impact on working people from continuing the freeze on income tax thresholds was avoided.
Changing Subject To Energy Bills
Blaming Previous Governments
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Extending the freeze on income tax and national insurance thresholds will cost working families £900 a year. It will also drag many pensioners into paying income tax for the first time.
Extending the freeze on income tax thresholds will cost working families £900 a year. It will also drag many pensioners into paying income tax for the first time. Why is the Minister hitting these low-income families to pay more for welfare?
I suggest the hon. Member asks his Front Benchers why 75% of the impact of people paying more tax at the lower end is the result of decisions made by the previous Government, who spent seven years freezing income tax thresholds. It is a bit rich for the Conservatives to talk about this Government doing it for three years when they did it for seven years.
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The exact impact on low-income families from continuing the freeze was avoided.
Changing Subject To Previous Government'S Actions
Blaming Conservatives
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