Burnham pulls back on suggestion to increase tax-free personal allowance

Burnham is backing away from a previous suggestion to increase the tax-free personal allowance—the income threshold before UK income tax kicks in. He had cited the freeze on this allowance as an issue during the Makerfield by-election, BBC News reports, but is now stepping back from that position.

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