Pauline Latham OBE, MP for Mid Derbyshire, has welcomed the news that ordinary working families in her constituency are set to benefit from a range of Government measures coming into effect this week.
From this week, the tax-free personal allowance will rise for the seventh year to £11,500, benefitting people in Mid Derbyshire and meaning a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay a full £1,000 less income tax than in 2010.
As a result of Conservative changes to the personal allowance and higher rate threshold, 2,190,000 individuals in the East Midlands gain on average £189, and a total of 102,000 individuals will have been taken out of income tax altogether, compared to 2015-16.
In addition:
- The National Living Wage – which delivered a pay rise to a million people last year – will rise again to £7.50: an income boost of over £500 for a full time worker in Mid Derbyshire.
- The Government will provide up to £2,000 a year per child through the roll out of tax-free childcare, to help with childcare costs for families in Mid Derbyshire.
- Hard-pressed savers will get a boost, with access our new market-leading NS&I bond which will pay 2.2% on deposits up to £3,000.
Pauline Latham said:
‘We’ve come a long way in the last seven years – there are 2.8 million more people in work, unemployment is at its lowest for twelve years and we’ve cut income tax for over 30 million people. But there is more to do to help people in Mid Derbyshire and across the UK feel the benefits of the recovery, and make ends meet.
By giving the lowest paid a wage boost, taking more people out of income tax, boosting savings and helping with the cost of childcare, we’re putting ordinary working people at the heart of our plan for Britain: to build a stronger, fairer economy that works for everyone’.