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As the lead up to the Budget builds, the Times says the chancellor is set to offer a "tax reprieve for pensioners". The paper says John Healey is expected to protect about one million low-income pensioners from paying income tax by raising their tax-free allowance, adding he has also decided against reducing the amount of pension that can be taken as a tax-free lump sum.

Sticking with a domestic political theme, the Daily Express runs a large headline accusing Prime Minister Andy Burnham of "betrayal" after he refused "to rule out a return to freedom of movement between the European Union and the UK". It says the comments have been "savaged by Brexiteers".




