The Bolton South and Walkden candidates for this year’s general election have been confirmed.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed repeatedly during the first televised election debate of 2024, with the Conservative leader going on the attack, claiming that Labour would raise taxes by £2000 and even start taxing people claiming the State Pension. However, this was almost immediately refuted by pensions experts.
During the first debate of the general election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's assertion that Labour would impose taxes on pensioners was met with scepticism by a tax and pension specialist.
The Labour leader dismissed Sunak's repeated assertions that his party would "raid" pensions if they came to power, calling the PM's claim that he would increase taxes by £2000 "garbage". The beleaguered Prime Minister said that Labour's spending proposals would cause the State Pension to be taxed "for the first time," but this was quickly challenged by finance experts.
Paul Lewis, a personal finance and pensions expert known for his work on Radio 4's Money Box, revealed that more than a million pensioners are already being made to pay tax on their State Pension. According to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures revealed by Mr Lewis, an astonishing 1.5 million pensioners are already receiving tax notices, reports the Mirror.
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In response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from Mr Lewis, the DWP acknowledged that approximately one in ten pensioners are subject to taxation. During the debate, Paul Lewis tweeted: "Sunak: we will ensure the state pension is never subject to tax. Hmmm."
"DWP told me in an FOI that 1.5 million people already have a state pension which by itself is
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