{
  "id": 1723067,
  "title": "State pension set to rise £500 and top £13,000 a year from next spring - but with an income tax sting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/state-pension-set-to-rise-500-and-top-13-000-a-year-from-next-spring",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T14:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-16060819/State-pension-rise-spring-income-tax.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Unless the headline state pension is your sole income, you are likely to see at least some of it clawed back in income tax as it will bust the basic rate threshold of £12,570.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}