From next April, the Conservatives will increase the personal allowance for pensioners in line with the Triple Lock by introducing a new age-related allowance—a tax cut of around £100 for 8 million pensioners.
This week, the Labour Government published their Devolution White Paper, alongside their National Planning Policy Framework changes last week, and an expected Local Government Finance Settlement shortly. Taken together, it is a mishmash of new tiers of government, new quangos and new taxes.