Overview

• The Department for Work and Pensions said it has no plans to lower the State Pension age to 60 or to peg payments to 48 hours at the National Living Wage.
• An online petition created by Denver Johnson has about 18,800 signatures and would need 100,000 for consideration for a parliamentary debate.
• The government cited the New State Pension introduced in 2016 and workplace auto-enrolment as the core framework for retirement incomes.
• Officials reiterated their commitment to the Triple Lock, forecasting around £31 billion a year higher State Pension spending by the end of this Parliament compared with 2024/25.
• This year’s uprating is set by the Triple Lock formula with September CPI due on October 22, and Chancellor Rachel Reeves will confirm rates at the Autumn Budget on November 26.