division_name: Finance Bill
motion: <p class="indent" pid="c927.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I want to cut taxes, I believe in cutting taxes.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c927.0/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;despite the tax cutting rhetoric, the reality is that the tax burden is rising, with tax receipts as a share of the economy set to reach 37.7 per cent in 2028/29, the highest level in 80 years.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c928.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;taxes for the average worker have gone down by &#163;1,000.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="">22 November 2023</phrase>; Vol. 741, c. 360.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c928.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Taxes for the average worker will have gone down by &#163;1,000 since 2010.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="">30 November 2023</phrase>; Vol. 741, c. 1084.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c928.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;an average worker in 24-25 will pay over &#163;1,000 less in personal taxes than they otherwise would have done.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c928.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;calculations are on a same-year basis against a counterfactual&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c928.1/12" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;would include the effects of earnings growth on cash totals of tax due&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c933.4/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;have a clear consistent rationale&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c933.4/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;easy for taxpayers to get their tax right&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c933.4/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;does not&#8230;distort the decisions of taxpayers and result in poorly informed choices.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c933.4/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the tax system to be simpler, fair and to support growth.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c933.4/11" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the threshold for individuals with income taxed through Pay As You Earn to file a Self Assessment return to &#163;150,000&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c935.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;this House, while approving the changes to taxation of tobacco in the Finance Bill and full expensing being made permanent, declines to give the Bill a Second Reading because it fails to make a much-needed reduction in VAT for the hospitality and tourism sectors, and fails to introduce measures through the tax system that would help alleviate poverty.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c935.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the real spending power of Government departments in England goes down by about &#163;19bn over the forecast period&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c935.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;confirms the low-to-no growth cycle the UK economy is in.&#8221;</p>