{"id":297262,"date":"2025-11-19T21:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-middle-class-fears-tax-hikes-as-labour-prepares-new-budget\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T21:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:04:59","slug":"uk-middle-class-fears-tax-hikes-as-labour-prepares-new-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-middle-class-fears-tax-hikes-as-labour-prepares-new-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"UK middle class fears tax hikes as Labour prepares new budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fgYEDG2wC8E\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK middle class fears tax hikes as Labour prepares new budget\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fgYEDG2wC8E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Inflation coming down in the UK is welcome news for the government, ahead of next week\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>But since inflation picked up, the UK government has frozen personal tax allowances. <\/p>\n<p>That means more and more people have been fiscally dragged into the higher rate, netting billions for the government.<\/p>\n<p>When Labour came in, the Chancellor announced it would end.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it looks like they will extend the freeze in the budget to raise funds, with a renewed focus on people with the broadest shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Except, after years of inflation, low economic growth and wage compression, even the normally well-heeled English middle classes feel financially stretched.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inflation coming down in the UK is welcome news for the government, ahead of next week\u2019s budget. 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