Party of Workers: Farage’s Reform UK Vows to Cut Tax on Overtime

Borrowing a page from the political playbook of U.S President Donald Trump, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has vowed to scrap tax on overtime as his party seeks to cement itself as the “true party of the workers” in Britain.

The Brexit boss said on Saturday that if given power, Reform UK would abolish the income tax on overtime hours above the standard 40-hour work week for anyone earning less than £75,000 per year, which accounts for over 90 per cent of the working population.

According to the populist party, the move is expected to cost around £5 billion per year, however, Reform said that it would be paid for from the upwards of £40 billion it plans on saving by cutting wasteful spending, rollinng back the green agenda, slashing foreign aid, and ending welfare for migrants, among other initiatives.

Writing in The Telegraph, Mr Farage said that during the recent