Written Question·Treasury·UIN 118122
State Retirement Pensions: Taxation
Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that tax is not paid on state pensions.
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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