MP welcomes tax cuts

WARRINGTON South MP David Mowat has welcomed news that more than 74,000 people in the town will benefit from tax cuts in April next year.
He says new research has revealed the government will be cutting taxes for 74,273 people in Warrington by raising the amount an individual can earn before tax to £9,440.
He says it will lift 3,500 people in Warrington out of tax altogether, while a full-time worker on the minimum wage will have seen their income tax bill halve since 2010.
Mr Mowat says the Government is also reforming Labour’s ‘something for nothing’ welfare culture, by capping the amount one household can get in benefits and capping the amount benefits are increased next year. Labour oppose these reforms.
He said: “In Warrington, if you want to work hard and get on, the Conservatives are on your side. Your taxes will be cut so you keep more of the money you have earned. And we are capping the increase in benefits so that benefit increases don’t outstrip increases in earnings.
“Labour say they support a wage cap for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, but they won’t support the same cap for those on out-of-work benefits. This isn’t fair and we will not let them bring back their something for nothing culture.”