The Conservatives outlined plans to axe increases in national insurance and reduce the tax burden on pensioners and savers yesterday as part of a new year assault on Labour.

Tory leader says he would abolish income tax on savings for basic-rate taxpayers and raise tax allowance for pensioners by £2,000

David Cameron proposed two tax cuts today, affecting savers and pensioners (and pensioners with an income from savers, who conceivably could benefit twice). As I write it is not entirely clear how many people could benefit, and by how much – not least because the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which is normally relied upon to produce authoritative figures, suffered a power cut this afternoon ...

The Office of Tax Simplification is drawing up plans to make tax payments easier for more than 5m pensioners

Nearly half a million pensioners will be forced to pay tax on small private pensions because of mistakes made by the Treasury.

Sheffield Hillsborough MP, Angela Smith has welcomed the announcement that Council Tax Benefit will be renamed as Council Tax Rebate as part of the campaign to encourage pensioners to claim the help they are entitled to. The move follows campaigns, including by the Royal British Legion, who raised concerns that pensioners are reluctant to claim a 'benefit'. By renaming Council Tax Benefi...

The Chancellor condemns plans for a European Union levy on financial transactions as a "big tax on pensioners".

Some 1.5 million pensioners have overpaid tax by an average of £171 each since 2002-3, an official report says.

Retired husband Jim 79 and his wife Dorothy Ogden 75 have welcomed the Conservatives' proposals to introduce tax cuts for pensioners.

  Well, he talked about tax cuts so we must show some gratitude. Not exactly what the Telegraph has been campaigning for (tax relief on savings for pensioners) but reasonably close: removing the tax on savings for all basic rate taxpayers would have an even wider electoral appeal and be an incentive to save for a greater number of people. The nod to pensioners came in another form: an increas...