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Scrap tax on overtime hours, says Reform UK
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- Kate Whannelpolitical reporter Getty Images Income tax on overtime above a 40-hour week should be scrapped for workers earning less than £75,000, Reform UK has said.
- The party estimates what it is calling a "hard work bonus" would save a full time nurse working six hours of overtime each week more than £1,300 a year.
- Reform said the policy would cost £5bn a year and could be paid for through its plans to make cuts to welfare payments.
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Kate Whannelpolitical reporter Getty Images Income tax on overtime above a 40-hour week should be scrapped for workers earning less than £75,000, Reform UK has said.
The party estimates what it is calling a "hard work bonus" would save a full time nurse working six hours of overtime each week more than £1,300 a year.
Reform said the policy would cost £5bn a year and could be paid for through its plans to make cuts to welfare payments.
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