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2024-05-17 15:12:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A0D03A960BDD4C04E9E427D24AEDD510F244DCEA7D0B7464C629F14D7C5B124A
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Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament, e.g. frozen tax thresholds, have reduced incomes for all but the lowest-income pensioner families and also has led to more wage earners in higher tax bands. Video explanation from the IFS: https://twitter.com/TheIFS/status/1659119246486433794/ Impact for pensioners (Fig 2): https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/pensioner-progress/
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