Millions of Scots ‘paying the price’ for tax allowance freeze – SNP - ITVX

Millions of Scots ‘paying the price’ for tax allowance freeze – SNP  ITVX

SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan said the policy ‘disproportionately affects low-income workers’.

SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan said the policy ‘disproportionately affects low-income workers’.

SCOTTISH families are “paying the price” for Westminster’s freeze on tax-free personal allowance, the SNP warns. Research from the House of Commons Library found millions of workers across Britain are paying an extra £700 a year in income tax as the government plans to continue freezing the standard personal allowance

Government is facing a petition calling for the HMRC personal tax-free allowance to rise to £18k.