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Evening Standard
Charlie Duffield

OPINION - Will the income tax threshold freeze be extended? ...The Standard podcast

Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones has said ministers must justify every line of Government spending. (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

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Treasury minister Darren Jones has left open the prospect of freezing the thresholds for paying income tax beyond 2028, as the government scrambles to balance the public finances.

Pranesh Narayanan, a research fellow within the Institute for Public Policy Research, explains what the impact of this would be, and explores other ways to raise tax revenues.

And in part two, lifestyle journalist Jessica Salter reveals why London gym Before the Lights has become a celebrity hangout.

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