State pension and the tax-free allowance

How the state pension has been catching up with the tax-free allowance (£)

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2027-28 figures assume state pension rises by 3.4% - the projection for inflation in September 2026 from Pantheon Macroeconomics. Real figure will depend on inflation and average earnings statistics later this year.

Source: gov.uk