Written Question·Treasury·UIN 110121
State Retirement Pensions: Taxation
Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 10 February 2026
Question
Patrick Hurley
Labour — Southport
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of excluding the state pension as a form of taxable income.
Answer
Torsten BellExempting the State Pension from income tax entirely would reduce tax receipts substantially undermining the public services we all rely on – especially the NHS. However, I can confirm that those whose sole income is the basic and full new State Pension, ...
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