{
  "id": 648176,
  "title": "The state pension stealth tax trap: Why the triple lock will drag millions into paying income tax (and the flawed plan to fix it): SIMON LAMBERT",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-state-pension-stealth-tax-trap-why-the-triple-lock-will-drag",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:46:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-16046415/Video-state-pension-stealth-tax-trap-triple-lock-drag-millions-paying-income-tax-flawed-plan-fix-SIMON-LAMBERT.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The state pension is set to fall into a stealth tax trap next April. The full new state pension is currently £12,548 a year, but the threshold at which people start paying income tax is frozen at just £12,570.",
  "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."
}