Raising personal tax allowances by # 1,000 a year helps the working poor who earn enough to pass the current threshold of # 6,475 a year, but not the unemployed, the inactive or those who already earn too little to pay any tax. (opendemocracy.net)
There will also be a «substantial increase» in personal tax allowances for lower and middle - income people from April 2011 - rather than the Conservative plan to raise employees» NI thresholds (news.bbc.co.uk)
Apart from a few successes with some small policies — such as bringing in the pupil premium and increasing personal tax allowances to # 10,500 — the party has little to boast about and quite a lot to hide. (theconversation.com)