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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell

Tory backlash as one in five will be paying higher income tax rate by 2027

Reuters

Rishi Sunak faces backlash over “stealth” tax hikes which will drag one in five taxpayers into the 40p rate of income tax within years, experts have warned.

The prime minister’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds means one in four teachers and more than one in eight nurses will be paying the higher income tax rate by 2027, analysis by the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank shows.

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