38,700 people in Chesterfield will get their Income Taxes cut in April

Julia Cambridge, Chesterfield's Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, has welcomed news that the Personal Tax Allowance will be raised further than already planned in April, benefiting nearly 40,000 workers in Chesterfield. She said, "Raising the tax free personal allowance to £9,440 in April will see a further Income Tax cut for many local workers.

"The announcement means that by April, 38,700 ordinary working people in Chesterfield will benefit from a further Income Tax cut, bringing the total tax reduction to £600 a year since Liberal Democrats joined the Coalition Government. In Chesterfield this welcome news also means that we will have taken 3,790 low-earners out of paying Income Tax all together since the Coalition Government came to power."

"Liberal Democrats are working for a stronger economy and a fairer society, so that everyone can get on in life. That's why we are cutting taxes for working people. These changes are just the start. By 2015 we want to raise the amount people can earn Income Tax free to £10,000. Eventually I would like to see all workers earning the minimum wage taken out of Income Taxation altogether; to make work pay. Liberal Democrats want fairer taxes, which is why we made raising the tax-free allowance our number one priority at the General Election - so important that we put it on the front page of our manifesto. When times are tough, with rising bills and wages not keeping pace with inflation, we want to give people real, practical help".

"Cutting Income Tax will not deal with all of those problems, but it will help. And I hope it will make a big difference to people locally."