Update on calls for £20,000 Personal Allowance to curb 'ridiculous' tax payments View 2 Images

An online petition calling for the UK Government to raise the Personal Allowance tax threshold from £12,570 to £20,000 has garnered over 10,000 signatures. The e-petition is now due a written response from the UK Government, potentially ahead of the Autumn Budget on 26 November.

Shannon Keene, the creator of the petition, argues that an increase in the income tax limit would "help with increasing rent, mortgages, Council Tax, and gas and electric bills". She also contends that families are "currently paying ridiculous amounts of tax" and that the minimum wage "isn't even enough to support an average family". She believes that raising the Personal Allowance could "lead to a massive increase

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