Burnham pulls back on suggestion to increase income tax allowance

BBC News reports that Andy Burnham is backing away from a proposal to increase the tax-free personal allowance—the income threshold before UK income tax applies. He had previously highlighted the freeze on this allowance as a voter frustration during the Makerfield by-election, but is now pulling back from that position.

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