Merge pull request #37 from philipjohn/income-tax

Living wage as income tax threshold
openpolitics · Jan 7, 2014 · 83eb57c · 83eb57c
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-What policies should we propose to maintain a competitive economy that provides sufficient employment?
+What policies should we propose to maintain a competitive economy that provides sufficient employment?
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+# Income Tax
+The personal income tax allowance will be set at the level of a full time living wage (currently £14,458.50*) and will rise inline with the living wage.
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+*based on 252 working days of 7.5 hours per day at £7.65