Question follow-through · 116238

State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of raising the personal allowance in line with future increases in the State Pension on pensioners in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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Treasury
Tabled
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
4 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of raising the personal allowance in line with future increases in the State Pension on pensioners in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to making sure older people can live with the dignity and respect they deserve in retirement. The State Pension is the foundation of the support available to them. Over the course of this Parliament, the yearly amount of the fu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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