Taxation of state pension
The state pension is liable to income tax, though pensioners are unlikely to pay tax in practice if their only income is the state pension.

Section 1 of the Pensions Act 2011 will accelerate the increase in the State Pension age to 66. The amended the Bill in its final stages to cap the maximum increase in women's State Pension age at 18 months relative to the previously legislated timetable. This note also looks at this and other Government amendments to the Bill in its final stages. It complements and updates Library Research Paper 11/68 Pensions Bill: Commitee Stage Report.
Pensions Bill 2011 - final stages (251 KB , PDF)
Pensions Bill 2011 - final stages (251 KB , PDF)
The state pension is liable to income tax, though pensioners are unlikely to pay tax in practice if their only income is the state pension.
The paper discusses pensions auto-enrolment, its introduction, the impact it has had, and the potential for future reform.
This briefing discusses changes to the lifetime and annual allowances - which limit tax relief on pension savings.