Written Question·Treasury·UIN 96243
Pensioners: Tax Allowances
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Question
Jo Platt
Labour (Co-op) — Leigh and Atherton
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.
Answer
Torsten BellAs 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 2027-2...
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