International Business Times UK Article RatingReeves Eyes £6bn Tax Raid on Pensioners Amid Calls for a New Five-Year Payout Guarantee
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
53% : Sources suggest that Reeves is weighing a plan to raise income tax by 2p and cut national insurance by 2p in her upcoming Budget, scheduled for 26 November.53% : For pensioners with a £35,000 annual pension, AJ Bell estimates this could mean an extra nearly £450 in annual tax bills.
52% : Political battle over pensions heats up with looming tax plans and demands for fairer payouts.
46% : Chancellor Rachel Reeves is rumoured to be considering a £6 billion tax increase on pensioners to help address a looming fiscal shortfall.
45% : Scott Gallacher, director at Rowley Turton, told FT Adviser that while some tax increases face little public sympathy, the public reaction to benefit cuts suggests 'granny is off limits' in Britain's political landscape.
44% : This 'two up, two down' approach would shift the tax burden onto non-working groups, notably pensioners who pay income tax but are exempt from national insurance.
44% : Both the tax hike and the pension payout guarantee remain proposals rather than confirmed policies.
44% : The choice before Reeves is stark: impose higher taxes on pensioners to address a fiscal crisis, or reaffirm the state's commitment to their financial security.
42% : Critics warn that such measures may break the government's manifesto pledge not to raise income tax.
39% : This clash underscores the difficult balancing act facing the government: raising revenue through targeted taxes or committing to a more secure pension payout.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
