19 days ago
HMRC confirms personal tax-free allowance can be boosted to £16,320 as Andy Burnham mulls rise

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 28 Sept 2026, 09:07 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “HMRC confirms personal tax-free allowance can be boosted to £16,320 as Andy Burnham mulls rise”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The standard tax-free Personal Allowance remains at £12,570 but can be legally increased through specific HMRC schemes.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Birmingham Mail
HMRC tax-free personal allowance could rise to £15,570 under Andy Burnham
- Picked up by Birmingham Mail
HMRC could have to decide on new £18,000 personal tax-free allowance under Andy Burnham
- Picked up by Birmingham Mail
HMRC confirms personal tax-free allowance can be boosted to £16,320 as Andy Burnham mulls rise
Reported by 1 outlet
- Birmingham Mail