Do not scrap the additional rate of income tax (45% for income above £150,000)

The policy of abolishing the additional rate of income tax may cause immense damage to the UK economy, giving money to those who don’t need it and increasing inequality: we want the government to retain it now. I believe “Trickle-down economics” has never worked in the past, and will not work here.

This petition closed on 30 Mar 2023 with 31 signatures


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