18 days ago
HMRC tax-free personal allowance could rise to £15,570 under Andy Burnham
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics 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 tax-free personal allowance could rise to £15,570 under Andy Burnham”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Prime Minister Burnham and his new Chancellor John Healey are considering raising the allownace - but hiking Capital Gains Tax to pay for it.
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