State pension 'tax exempt' Treasury update as MPs demand more answers

Demands have been mounting for the government to make the state pension tax-free as elderly people struggle with rising living costs. This year Chancellor Rachel Reeves has brought back the winter fuel payment of up to £300 for approximately nine million pensioners.

Nevertheless, not everyone will receive it - and a threshold for taxable income has been established at £35,000. A petition on the parliament website is demanding that the state pension should be made exempt from tax - and not count towards people's liability to pay money to the government.

It has attracted 17,000 signatures and received a response from the Treasury. The petition states : "We want the government to make the state pension tax exempt and n

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