Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between John Lamont and Ashley Fox

Tuesday 9th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Con)]

3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the freeze on income tax thresholds on working people.

[Sir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater) (Con)]

18. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending freezes on income tax and national insurance thresholds on working people.

[The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Dan Tomlinson)]

The Chancellor was clear at the Budget that we are taking the fair and necessary decisions on tax to do all we can to ensure that the contribution of working people is kept as low as possible. We have reduced the gap between taxes on income from assets and on income from work, stopped the unfairness that meant people could pay less council tax for a £10 million property than for a typical terraced house in much of England, and done much more.