State Pension

11 December 2025

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) urges Chancellor to clarify plan to exempt some pensioners from income tax
The government plan not to collect income tax from certain state pensioners. The LITRG is urging the Chancellor to set out this will work

02 December 2025

State Benefit and State Pension rates 2026/27
The proposed State Benefit rates and State Pension rates for 2026/27

13 November 2025

State Pensions Age and WASPI women
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ parliamentary statement on compensation for women caught by the change in state pension age

04 November 2025

A new trial to boost Pension Credit take up
Pension Credit, which pensioners are being urged to check if they could be eligible for

15 October 2025

The Triple Lock
The key earnings growth figure for the Triple Lock, originally announced in September, which has been revised upwards by 0.1%

16 September 2025

The Triple Lock
The key earnings growth figure for the Triple Lock, which has been announced

11 September 2025

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

11 September 2025

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

10 September 2025

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

04 September 2025

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

03 September 2025

Outline of the Social Security system in the UK
The benefits available, eligibility conditions and tax treatment. Benefit rates from April 2025

20 August 2025

State Pension Age review - call for evidence
State Pension Age review. Dr Suzy Morrisey has been appointed by the DWP to prepare an independent report ahead of the third review of State Pension Age

24 July 2025

State Pension Age review
Two reviews of State Pension Age, which have been announced