Rejected petition Raise personal allowance to ensure pensioners pay no tax on state pensions

its unfair that pensioners who only receive state pensions pay tax. we need a pensioner's personal allowance to ensure pensioners do not pay tax when the only income is a state pension

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Pensioners work all their lives for a small state pension, taxing it is unfair

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The following petition calls for a similar action:

Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/740671

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Date submitted 10 October 2025
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