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People deriving income solely from state pension won’t be taxed, says chancellor
Clarification creates prospect of two-tier system for retirees solely on new state pension and those on private schemesPeople who rely only on their state pension for their income will not have to pay tax on it, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said, creating the prospect of a two-tier system for

Britain’s wealthy must shoulder burden of rebuilding ‘creaky’ public services, Rachel Reeves says
Exclusive: Chancellor says she made ‘fair and necessary choices’ in budget, and was unwilling to make cutsBritain’s wealthy must shoulder the burden of paying to rebuild the UK’s “creaky” public services, Rachel Reeves has said, as she warned Labour MPs that leadership speculation was bad for the co















