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Pensioners: Tax Allowances

Asked by Jo PlattLabour (Co-op)TreasuryTabled Answered 10 December 2025UIN 96243

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider extending the proposed alignment of the personal allowance for pensioners with the new State Pension rate.

Answered by Torsten Bell

As announced at the Budget, the government will ease the administrative burden for pensioners whose sole income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments so that they do not have to pay small amounts of tax via Simple Assessment from 2027-28.

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