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2024-04-26 18:43:40 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 96C6C9A98A00412B7D67FF808BBFC29ECD3DB84BE0C69350AD01A2D12AFE4E14
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The UK Treasury has been freezing the Personal Tax Allowance last year and this. Because inflation grows, in real terms the PTA is falling. That’s a tax rise commonly known as fiscal drag. It cancels out much of the National Insurance Cut. Explained here: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9687/CBP-9687.pdf
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