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PAYE: Tax Rates and Bands

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKTreasuryTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94841

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the freeze on PAYE tax bands.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The previous Government made the decision to maintain income tax thresholds at their current levels from April 2021 until April 2028.

This government is making fair and necessary choices on tax so it can deliver on the public's priorities, including by maintaining personal tax thresholds until April 2031. Everyone is being asked to contribute to support these goals, but the government is keeping the contribution as low as possible by pursuing a programme of reform to fix longstanding issues in the tax system - modernising it, and addressing unequal and unfair treatment, while ensuring the wealthiest contribute more.

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