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More than 8,800 people have signed an online petition urging the UK Government to introduce a new tax code specifically for people over State Pension age . Petition creator Timothy Hugh Mason proposes doubling the current Personal Allowance of £12,570 to £25,140 for pensioners only. ‌

The campaigner argues this would give pensioners a “higher tax-exempt limit, but wealthier pensioners would still pay tax” adding “we think that people with small private or workplace pensions are currently being taxed unfairly”. ‌

The ‘Introduce new tax code for State Pensioners with double the personal allowance’ has been posted on the Petitions Parliament website . At 10,000 signatures it would be entitled to a written response from the UK Government, at 100,000 it would be considered

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