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Surely income is income, regardless of the source, so the personal allowance should apply equally to everyone. I agree that the state pension isn't overly generous compared to other European countries, but then surely someone earning the equivalent amount through employment is also on a relatively low income, yet the government would deem it appropriate to tax them.

Of course, it would seem daft for the government to tax income that it is itself handing out. Which leads to the real problem here - the government has chosen to freeze the personal allowance, rather than up-rate it with inflation. But instead of looking at that, the Tories are coming up with divisive sticking plasters.