LLA highlights pensioner tax concerns
Pensioners must not be treated as an “easy target” for tax rises, says CSPA General Secretary Later Life Ambitions has raised concerns about the impact of the Government’s decision to […]
Pensioners paying the price of freeze
Frozen income tax thresholds are having a growing impact on UK pensioners, dragging millions into the tax system through “fiscal drag”. Although tax rates themselves have not risen, the personal […]
Frozen tax thresholds: Unfairly dragging pensioners into tax
The number of pensioners paying income tax rose more than a million in a year, with at least 22 per cent of taxpayers now being over state pension age. HM […]
Fiscal Freeze will continue to squeeze Pensions until 2031
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered her Autumn Budget statement in the House of Commons, after the main fiscal changes had been accidently released in advance by the Office for Budget […]
Pensioners deserve better than a tax hike
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned not to target older people as she seeks to balance the nation’s books. Later Life Ambitions (LLA), which represents 250,000 older people across the […]
LLA in the press: Millions more pensioners to face tax bomb
By David Williamson, Chief Political CommentatorPublished Sat Feb 8 2025 via express.co.uk Read article Rachel Reeves urged to spare pensioners as fears grow millions more will face tax bomb It is […]
Most pensioners now pay income tax
Since the state pension age rose to 66, the number paying income tax has risen steadily to 8.5 million, including an increase of 660,000 in the past year alone Most […]
Triple lock plus
CSPA has been actively campaigning for the basic income tax threshold to be raised in line with inflation, backdated to its introduction in 2021, and thereafter to be index-linked to […]
CSPA gets support from Pensioners Convention to raise tax thresholds
Almost a million pensioners will discover this week that their 8.5% increase in the State Pension, payable from 8 April, will push their pension over the basic income tax threshold […]