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Low Incomes: Surrey Heath

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 98716

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her fiscal policies on low income households in Surrey Heath constituency.

Answered by James Murray

HM Treasury’s ‘Impact on households’ publication, produced alongside the Budget 2025, shows that the impacts of this Government’s tax, welfare and public spending decisions from Autumn Budget 2024 onwards are progressive and benefit households in the lowest income deciles the most, on average.

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