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Nigel Farage’s promise to cut income tax for millions is more popular than his immigration policy, a new poll has found.
A BMG survey found that more than seven in 10 people in the UK support Reform UK’s policy of raising the income tax threshold to £20,000. I found.
Increasing the starting rate of income tax from £12,570 to £20,000 would mean seven million workers would pay no tax at all, saving £1,500 each, but the party admits it would cost billions of pounds.
The survey suggests that Farage’s party, which overtook the Conservatives for the first time in a separate poll on Thursday, is attracting broader support beyond his key pledge on immigration.
Some 71% were in favour of raising personal income tax rates to £20,000, with 8% opposed.
Another fiscal policy move – the details of which will be included in a reform “contract” with voters to be published next week – to abolish inheritance tax on all estates below £2 million was supported by 55% with 15% opposed.
In contrast, 49% support the reformers’ goal of zero net immigration, while 17% oppose it.
According to the survey, 42% of voters supported raising national insurance contributions for foreign workers from 13.8% to 20%, while 26% were opposed.
Speaking at a press conference in London, Mr Farage said his policy document was a “contract” with voters because “anything relating to a manifesto is a lie”.
He added: “This will be our contract. This will be what we campaign for, what we stand for.”
The reform leaders I The party will promise to remove the cap on second child benefits in its contract with voters.
“We think that supporting families is actually very important,” he said. “We should encourage people to have children.”
“There is very strong evidence that children who are raised in stable home environments have better outcomes in life,” Mr Farage added.
He said the debate between Labour and the Conservatives over proposed tax reforms was “pointless” and the Conservatives could not claim to be the party of low tax because they had “raised the tax burden to the highest level”.
“Both companies will be freezing the thresholds, which will result in higher taxes,” he said.
“Under current plans, eight million people will be paying 40p tax by the end of 2027. To me, this shows exactly what has happened and where the tax burden is in the UK.”
He added: “We have radical plans to reduce the tax burden so nurses don’t have to pay tax, so we’re increasing the $20,000 threshold. […]
“It will take a lot of pensioners out of the tax system because they have low personal incomes and are being dragged through the tax system.”
“A total of seven people will be completely free from taxation, but more importantly it will truly give welfare recipients an incentive to work.”
BMG Poll I An earlier poll found that almost half of Conservative voters want to work with Reform UK.
The survey found that 46% of Conservative supporters want some kind of cooperation between the two parties.
The figures indicate even greater support for a joint coalition among reform-leaning voters, with 60 percent saying they would support an alliance.
While Farage has a net satisfaction rating of minus 16 percentage points among all voters, opinion polls suggest his political strategy has been highly successful among right-wing voters.
The proportion of voters who supported the Conservatives in 2019 and are satisfied with the leader of the Reform Party is only slightly lower than the proportion of voters satisfied with Rishi Sunak: 38% are satisfied with the former, compared with 43% who support the latter.
But when compared with voters who supported the Conservatives in 2019 but rejected them in this election, the situation is reversed, with 52% saying they are satisfied with Mr Farage and just 12% satisfied with the Prime Minister.
BMG conducted the poll among 1,546 adults June 11-12.