questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s response of 17 November 2025 to the e-petition entitled Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of raising the income tax threshold to £20,000 on absolute poverty levels.
answerText: The Personal Allowance is uprated in line with CPI by default. The previous Government took the decision to maintain the Personal Allowance at its current level from April 2021 until April 2028. The Government is asking everyone to contribute to maintain ...
heading: Income Tax: Tax Allowances