On 1 November 2018, 20 Labour MPs voted against the Budget proposal to increase the personal allowance to £12,500 a year from April 2019. The party had been whipped to abstain.
The rebels included Yvette Cooper, David Lammy and Dame Margaret Hodge. They wanted lower allowances. The official party line was that, although this is not the Budget they would have introduced, this measure at least gave some assistance to middle income earners.
Another Labour motion to increase income tax rates for anyone earning £80,000 a year was easily lost. [18.11]