UK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil
Monday, 3 October 2022 Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng said on Monday that he will not scrap the top 45 per cent rate of income tax paid on earnings above 150,000 pounds ($167,000) a year. “We get it, and we have listened,” he said in a statement.
The UK government has U-turned on its plan to scrap the highest rate of income tax. It was forced to backtrack amid a rebellion within the party and turmoil in financial markets. Prime Minister Liz..
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has made an abrupt U-turn on his plans to scrap the top rate of income tax for the highest earners. In his mini-budget two weeks ago, he announced that anyone earning over..