Pensioners do not believe the Tories when they say they are going to raise the tax thresholds, Labour frontbencher Liz Kendall said, as she branded the party’s promises “a joke”.
The shadow pensions secretary said the number of over-65s paying income tax has almost doubled under the Conservatives, rising from 4.5 million in 2009/10 to 8.5 million in 2023/24.
