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A pensioner who will now be taxed on her state pension found out about the “stealth tax” via a letter from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). GB News reader Susan Bruce, 76, from Portsmouth, has received her state pension since she was 60 but this will be the first year that she will have to pay tax on pension income. This is due to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s decision to freeze tax thresholds until April 2028 which is dragging many older Britons into the tax net. State pension payments will be awarded a 8.5 per cent rate hike this month thanks to the Government’s decision to maintain the triple lock…

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