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Tom Pursglove Excerpts
Tuesday 30th January 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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Along with the steps the Minister has outlined, does he agree that increasing the tax-free threshold and taking the lowest paid out of tax altogether has made an enormous difference to many workers in this country?

Andrew Griffiths Portrait Andrew Griffiths
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I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend: 4 million people have been taken out of paying tax as a result of decisions taken by this Government. The employment rate is 75.3%, which is the joint highest rate since comparable records began in 1971. We have record numbers of people in work, and unemployment is at its lowest for 40 years. This Government are on the side of the worker and the lowest paid.