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2024-04-28 10:29:49 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5D7BFB04F086CB2EAE1C7B4D0BA5CE0A7DD762BE3FCDEFDCF19EAE9079CF9D17
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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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