We’re already paying tax on our state pensions

‘Rishi Sunak’s claim in the leaders’ debate that pensioners will pay income tax for the first time under a Labour government is incorrect.’ Photograph: James Manning/PA

I’d like to clarify the misinformation about pensioners not currently having to pay tax on their state pensions that has been circulating. In the current financial year, I will, for the first time, be paying tax on my state pension (my sole income) as a result of the tax threshold policy. Therefore Rishi Sunak’s claim in the leaders’ debate (Report, 4 June) that pensioners will pay income tax for the first time under a Labour government is incorrect.
Maria Kraithman
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

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Sarah Sheils
York