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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the Week

16 September 2023

9:00 AM

16 September 2023

9:00 AM

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Average wages (including bonuses) in the three months to July were 8.5 per cent higher than a year earlier. This should mean that state pensions rise by 8.5 per cent from April 2024, if the government does not claw back anything; the predicted rise would bring into the tax-paying bracket 650,000 more pensioners, a total of 9.15

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