The £71bn stealth tax bonanza: 13 million workers dragged into paying more as income thresholds stay frozen in brazen Labour cash grab
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Income tax thresholds have remained frozen for five years. This has resulted in nearly seven million more people paying income tax than if thresholds had risen with inflation. In total, 13 million workers are paying more under this system.
Almost seven million more people will be dragged into paying income tax than would have been had thresholds risen with inflation since the freeze was introduced five years ago.