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Jenrick pledges to raise tax-free personal allowance to £15,000

Robert Jenrick has pledged to raise the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000 if Reform UK forms a government. This proposed £21bn tax cut would be funded by £80bn in government spending cuts.

  • Robert Jenrick has pledged to raise the tax-free personal allowance from £12,570 to £15,000 if Reform UK is elected into government.
  • The proposed £21bn tax cut would be funded by planned £80bn cuts to government spending, with £52bn from welfare reform.
  • Reform UK also aims to raise the personal allowance to £20,000 "step-by-step" when it can be fully funded.

Robert Jenrick has pledged to raise the tax-free personal allowance from £12,570 to £15,000 in his first budget as Chancellor if Reform UK is elected into government. In a speech on Saturday, Jenrick is expected to state that this £21bn tax cut would demonstrate the party's commitment to "choose the worker".

The proposal would be funded by planned £80bn cuts to government spending, with £52bn of this coming through welfare reform. Party officials have indicated that this tax cut could save the majority of taxpayers approximately £500 a year and benefit 40m people overall.

Jenrick also plans for Reform to work "step-by-step" towards raising the personal allowance to £20,000 when it can be fully paid for, building on a previous party manifesto pledge. He is expected to tell an audience of party members that there has "never, in our lifetimes, been a worse time to be a worker in Britain."

What this means for you: If implemented, the proposed tax cut could save the majority of taxpayers about £500 a year.

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