Just one in every eight people in the East Midlands would benefit from Boris Johnson's plan to cut tax for those earning more than £50,000.
The former foreign secretary has pledged to cut income tax bills for people earning more than £50,000 a year if he succeeds Theresa May as the next prime minister.
He said he would use money currently set aside for a no-deal Brexit to raise the 40% tax rate threshold to £80,000.
It’s a move that would cut income tax bills for more than three million people across the country - but most of them would be in the south.
The latest figures from the HMRC reveal there are around 2.2 million taxpayers in the East Midlands - and just 252,000 of them had an income of between £50,000 and £150,000 in 2018-19.
It means just 12% of workers in our region would benefit from Johnson’s proposal, compared to 20% of people in London.
In the capital, 829,000 people had an income of between £50,000 and £150,000 in the last year.
The city was followed by the South East (18% of taxpayers) and the East of England (16%).
John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor, said: “With our schools, care for the elderly and our police services at breaking point, Boris Johnson’s proposals to give a tax cut to high earners reveals how out of touch the Tories are.
“As predicted the Tory leadership contest is becoming a race to the bottom in tax cuts.”
“Labour will put the responsibility for repairing our public services on the Top 5% and corporations, not add to the handouts the Government has already given the richest in society.”
