2019-11-20 16:57:15 +0000
To: Boris Johnson and all MPs
Stop tax plans that only benefit the highest 10% of earners
Boris Johnson is planning to raise the threshold for higher income tax to £80,000 a year. We want him to take this proposal off the table.
Why is this important?
This will only benefit the highest 10% of earners and is estimated to cost the country £9 billion a year - that's around half of all the extra money that the government promised to the NHS.
The poorest 90% will pick up the bill, either directly through taxation or indirectly through the scaling back of public services.
This promise hasn't caused anything like the indignation that it should, perhaps due to Brexit and we need Boris cancel this proposal before he gets a clear mandate at the next election as it is morally disgraceful to reward those who need it the least.
