Rishi Sunak ‘responsible for biggest income tax rise in at least 50 years’

Rishi Sunak on This Morning on Friday. The thinktank’s findings come days after more than 30 Tory MPs signed a pledge not to vote for any more tax rises. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock

Rishi Sunak’s government is responsible for the biggest income tax rise for decades in a stealth move that will raise £40bn a year, according to new analysis.

Taxpayers in the higher bracket will be handing over £3,700 a year more in tax as a result of a six-year freeze to income tax thresholds by 2027-28, the Resolution Foundation calculated.