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State Retirement Pensions: Taxation

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourTreasuryTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 116401

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting the state pension from taxation.

Answered by Torsten Bell

Exempting the State Pension from income tax entirely would undermine the public services we all rely on, including the NHS.

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