Reform UK would “clamp down” on any abuse of a proposed £5 billion tax break for workers doing extra hours, Robert Jenrick has said. The “hard work bonus” would create a tax-free allowance for overtime above a 40-hour week for workers earning less than £75,000.
Reform leader Nigel Farage said the plan would “restore the appeal of a strong work culture”, with overtime becoming tax-free for 90% of employees. The party said it could meet the expected £5 billion annual cost of the policy through a £40 billion package of cuts and savings.
Reform has aimed the plan at attracting more voters in Labour’s former industrial heartlands as it seeks to prevent Burnham from winning the Makerfield by-election.
It said a warehouse worker at the South Lancashire Industrial Estate in the seat working six hours of overtime a week would be £700 a year better off as a result of the tax break.
A Band 3 prison officer at HMP Hindley in the constituency working eight hours of overtime a week could be £1,300 better off, Reform added.
