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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Karl Matchett

Pensioners now need £64,000 more to retire than they did five years ago

Frozen tax thresholds and rising inflation mean pensioners could now need tens of thousands of pounds more for their retirement income compared to five years ago, new analysis has shown.

More than one million pensioners are calculated to have been bumped into paying the highest rate of tax across this period, due to so-called fiscal drag caused by tax bands remaining intact, while income gradually moves higher.

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