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<\/p>\nA full-time carer has hit out at the Government for “moving the goalposts” of the retirement age in the Budget, forcing her to “keep working”.<\/p>\n
Today, the Chancellor revealed that the state pension will rise by 4.8 per cent over the 2026\/2027 financial year, increasing by around \u00a3570 a year. <\/p>\n
But carers and pensioners in Yorkshire have lambasted Ms Reeves’ balancing of the books, lamenting the consistently moving goalposts. <\/p>\n
A full-time carer from Yorkshire told GB News: “They just keep moving the goalposts, don’t they? So I’m 64 now.<\/p>\n
“I should have retired four years ago. That’s what my plan was. You know, I started work when I was 16. And now, it’s getting further and further away.<\/p>\n
“So it’s going to be 67 now, I guess it’s like, oh my word. So even though I’m his full-time carer I’ve still got to keep on working.-<\/p>\n
Another took aim at the \u00a326billion tax raid conducted by Ms Reeves, telling Anna: “Problem is, everything else is going up as well as tax. Food prices will go up. <\/p>\n
“Petrol prices, well, they’re going to stay frozen I think, but if we’re taxed on our pension, you’ve got less available income.<\/p>\n
‘Even though I’m a full-time carer, I’ve still got to keep on working,’ a local told the People’s Channel<\/p>\n
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“So it’s tough for the people who are there. You know, if you’ve got a big private pension, you’re okay. If you don’t, it’s going to be a struggle.”<\/p>\n
Speaking to Martin Daubney, who said that pensioners are “feeling the pinch”, GB News’ Yorkshire and Humberside reporter Anna Riley concurred.<\/p>\n
She added that Scarborough is the UK’s retirement capital, with a whopping 27 per cent of people living here are over the age of 65.<\/p>\n
Delivering her assessment of the fiscal statement, she said that it was “positive in some ways for pensioners”, with the retirees receiving a 4.8 per cent rise in April in line with average wages.<\/p>\n
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Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget earlier this afternoon<\/p>\n
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“That means that the new flat rate state pension for those who reach state pension age after April 2016 that will increase to \u00a3241 a week, or \u00a312,547 a year,” she explained.<\/p>\n
“That’s a rise of \u00a3574 and it will affect around 4.1million pensioners. <\/p>\n
“For those on the old basic state pension, for those who reached state pension age before April 2016, it will go up to nearly \u00a3185 a week, or that’s \u00a39,614 a year, a rise of \u00a3439.<\/p>\n
“And that will affect 8.8million pensioners and, in general, you need to have paid into the system for 35 years of qualifying contributions to get that full state pension.”<\/p>\n
She added that the decision bring the state pension closer to being subject to income tax, with frozen tax thresholds being a source of a multitude of chatter.<\/p>\n
“And that could mean that, by the end of the decade, over 10million pensioners could actually be paying tax on their pensions.”<\/p>\n