The left-leaning Resolution Foundation says freezing income tax thresholds less progressive than raising income tax rates by 1p
Q: Paul Johnson, who used to run the IFS, said yesterday the tax rises were mostly to fund additional spending. But you are protecting people who do not work, because the benefits bill is going.
Reeves says 60% of the families that will benefit from the abolition of the two-child benefit cap have parents who are working.
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