More than 40 MPs likely to benefit from scrapping of 45p tax rate

Cabinet ministers claim an additional £67,505 on top of their MPs’ salary, putting them all above the scrapped £150,000 threshold for the tax. Photograph: Getty Images

An estimated 41 MPs will benefit from the scrapping of the top rate of income tax – including every cabinet minister.

Owing to MPs’ standard pay increasing to £84,144 from April this year, 2022-23 would have been the first year that senior government ministers would have to pay the 45p rate of tax.