State Pension

10 September 2026

Class 3 NIC
The purposes and rates of Class 3 National Insurance contributions (NICs)

27 July 2026

State Pensions - missing qualifying years for the self-employed
State Pensions. HMRC are writing to self-employed taxpayers to offer them the opportunity to fill missing qualifying years back to 2015/16

17 July 2026

State Pensions taxation - new HMRC guidance
How tax on an individual’s State Pension is worked out when they have other income

01 July 2026

State Pensions Age and WASPI women - DWP action plan on future age communications and complaints handling
Changes in State Pension Age. How the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says it will learn lessons from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) investigation into communications about women's State Pension Age

11 June 2026

The triple lock
The triple lock. The Resolution Foundation (RF) has called for replacement of the triple lock for State Pensions. It is not the first time it has done so

18 May 2026

New life expectancy figures releases
The Office for National Statistics (ONS)’s updated life expectancy calculations. There has been little change in the numbers

08 May 2026

Pension Credit
What Pension Credit is, how its calculated and when an individual can claim it

06 May 2026

Outline of the Social Security system in the UK
The benefits available from the State, eligibility conditions and tax treatment. Benefit rates from April 2026

06 May 2026

State pension reform
Ideas for state pension reform. The Tony Blair Institute has proposed a replacement for the State Pension

29 April 2026

State benefits on retirement (pre 6 April 2016)
The state benefits available for those that reached their State Pension Age prior to 6 April 2016

29 April 2026

New state pension - what you need to know
The amount of the new state pension, and how entitlement to it is determined

28 April 2026

State Second Pension (S2P)
The main features of the State Second Pension including details of contracting out

16 March 2026

A 2026 view of the 2011 decision to increase the State Pension Age to 67
The increase in the State Pension Age to 67 that begins next month. Why the justification now looks questionable