State Pension

01 May 2025

State Pension underpayments - latest progress on cases reviewed
The DWP's Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice (LEAP) exercise to correct underpayments of the State Pension

25 April 2025

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

24 April 2025

Updated guidance - new State Pension
The DWP's updated guidance to help people understand the changes to the State Pension from 6 April 2016

14 April 2025

State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS)
The main provisions of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme, including details of the contracting out options

11 April 2025

Awareness of the move to a State Pension Age to 67
A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which examines awareness of the next change in State Pension Age

06 February 2025

Thousands of people top up National Insurance records to maximise State Pensions
The ability to buy missing National Insurance (NI) credits dating back to 2006, which is due to end on 5 April 2025. After that the rules will revert to only six years

23 January 2025

National Insurance credits
National Insurance credits, what they are and who can get them and why they might be needed

05 January 2025

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

19 December 2024

State Pensions Age and WASPI women
Compensation for women caught by the change in State Pension Age, which the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has dismissed the idea of

27 November 2024

State Benefit and State Pension rates 2025/26
The proposed State Benefit rates and State Pension rates for 2025/26

27 November 2024

Another Pension Credit awareness drive
Pension Credit, which pensioners are being urged to check if they could be eligible for, to secure the Winter Fuel Payment, worth up to �300 per household

13 November 2024

State Pension and Home Responsibilities Protection
The latest statistics on underpayments made to people missing Home Responsibilities Protection on their National Insurance record

12 November 2024

State Pension underpayments - latest progress on cases reviewed
The DWPs Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice (LEAP) exercise to correct underpayments of the State Pension