Ed Balls clashes with Nigel Farage on ‘who would benefit most’ from Reform UK tax proposals

Ed Balls grilled Nigel Farage on 'who would benefit most' from Reform UK tax proposals.Source: Good Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00Who would gain most from your personal tax proposal?

00:03Somebody on the minimum wage, somebody on average earnings,

00:06or somebody on £95,000 a year?

00:11People on benefits would gain the most,

00:13because, actually, their whole lives would be transformed

00:15by making work... Mr Farage, people on benefits wouldn't benefit

00:18at all from the personal tax allowance,

00:20because they wouldn't be paying any tax.

00:22Who would benefit most, somebody on the minimum wage,

00:24somebody on average earnings, or somebody on £95,000?

00:28The poorest in society would benefit the most.

00:30And when it comes to raising the tax bands...

00:32The answer to the question is... I'm sorry, Mr Farage...

00:35We think it's monstrous. We think it's monstrous.

00:37Facts are important here.

00:39The person who would benefit most from your personal tax proposal

00:43is somebody on £95,000,

00:45who would gain far more than somebody on average earnings,

00:48who would gain much more than somebody on the minimum wage.

00:52Did you not know that?

00:53Not in percentage terms.

00:56Not in percentage terms. No, that's not true.

00:58In actual terms, yes, the more you earn, the more you earn,

01:01even if you do pay tax.

01:02But in percentage terms, those at the bottom would do best.