{
  "id": 5506604,
  "title": "More than one million pensioners are now in the top tax brackets, as freeze on thresholds is set to last until 2031",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/more-than-one-million-pensioners-are-now-in-the-top-tax-brackets-as",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T06:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-16096353/Pensioners-tax-brackets-freeze-thresholds.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number liable for 40 per cent higher rate tax has doubled to 977k over the past five years, while those paying the 45 per cent additional rate has trebled to 115k.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}