Daily Express – Winter fuel pensioners now face tax raid
The Daily Express continues its coverage of the scrapping of the winter fuel payments. It says that some pensioners who are losing their fuel payments are among more than 100,000 people who have been dragged into paying income tax because of frozen thresholds. The campaign group Silver Voices urges Labour to adopt a Tory proposal for an age-related tax allowance.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
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Editorial 10 October 2024.
Thursday’s front pages lead on domestic politics, with a number of publications reporting on the shock exit of James Cleverly from the Conservative Party leadership race. Cleverly had been a clear favourite for much of the contest – which is now down to Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick.
Elsewhere, an estimate by the IFS that taxes will need to rise by up to £25bn in the budget if Labour is to meet its pledge to protect public spending.