Raising the threshold at which people pay income tax could be one way of stimulating the economy, according to a senior MP.
John McFall, the chairman of the Commons Treasury Select Committee, has floated the idea that the personal allowance threshold could be raised perhaps as high as £10,000 in order to encourage people to spend more.
Mr McFall said: “We should put money into the pocket of those with lowest incomes. This would also be a fiscal stimulus since this group is most likely to spend rather than save.”
But the Treasury was reported as saying that plans for Budget were still at a very preliminary stage.
Date:8 January 2009
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