to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
for the bank of interest to control inflation. they have been kept at 5.25% and that is a pretty high level compare to what we saw for a decade or so. level compare to what we saw for a decade or so decade or so. what are your thoughts? decade or so. what are your thoughts? similar, - decade or so. what are your thoughts? similar, what- decade or so. what are your thoughts? similar, what we| decade or so. what are your . thoughts? similar, what we are findin: is thoughts? similar, what we are finding is the thoughts? similar, what we are finding is the government - thoughts? similar, what we are finding is the government gives thoughts? similar, what we are - finding is the government gives with one hand finding is the government gives with one hand and gives with the other. because one hand and gives with the other. because of one hand and gives with the other. because of these cuts, it should mean because of these cuts, it should mean at because of these cuts, it should
as kevin said, we do have a problem with the freezing of the income tax band because that has frozen at £12,570, that is how much you have to earn before you get to pay tax. this means that people who are retired and on state pension may actually pay more tax in april when their state pension goes up. the chancellor put the state pension up, he is going to be putting it up by 8.5% in april which is good news, except that because we have this frozen level for the income tax, actually pensioners may be caught up in tax whereas before april they haven t been. there is a question here that asks will voluntary
privileges and standards committee, former minister or a serving minister of receiving money from the taxpayer to pay lawyers. johnson got 250,000 glad from the taxpayer and the prime minister allowed that to happen. and i say to the premise for this. they should say no now. we know thatjohnson is a liar. we know that he s been discredited. force him to pay up himself. an ordinary member of the public, if they are more than £12,570, don t get legal aid. very often, very difficult legal proceedings, but borisjohnson has had 6 million quid since he left this place, for writing a column undoubtedly again untruths, most of