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State pensioners will not be asked to pay tax if they have no other income, Martin Lewis has revealed.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves shared the key detail with the MoneySavingExpert founder ahead of his budget explainer special on ITV this evening.

The new flat-rate state pension - for those who reached state pension age after April 2016 - will increase to £241.30 a week, or £12,547.60 a year, a rise of £574.60.

That takes the state pension above the personal tax allowance of £12,570.

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A clip shown on the Martin Lewis Money Show Live saw the host ask the Chancellor a question from a viewer called Rebecca regarding state pension.

The viewer had asked whether her 85-year-old father, who is living

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