{
  "id": 17220984,
  "title": "Workers will cut hours to avoid higher tax bands, warns Budget watchdog - as others turn down pay rises to avoid childcare cliff edge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/workers-will-cut-hours-to-avoid-higher-tax-bands-warns-budget",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:12:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/tax/article-16252145/Workers-cut-hours-avoid-higher-tax-bands-warns-Budget-watchdog-turn-pay-rises-avoid-childcare-cliff-edge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Workers will cut their hours to avoid being dragged into higher tax bands as the Government keeps the freeze on income tax thresholds until the end of the decade.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}