Campaigners fighting for a council tax discount for all UK state pensioners have received a significant update. A petition on the Parliament website, which has garnered more than 10,000 signatures, has prompted an official response from the Treasury.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' department has provided an update on whether there are any plans for a discount . The petition, initiated by David Papworth, stated: "I feel that current council tax rates do not take pension incomes into account. This means some pensioners are having to pay what I think is a very significant percentage of their pension towards council tax.

"When many pensioners have worked for 50-odd years, paid into a pension, bought their own house, then retire on a lower income, I do not think they should have to pay such

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