Overview
- Payments due on 1 January will be paid on 31 December, and in Scotland 2 January payments are also moved to 31 December, with regular payments on 29–30 December unaffected.
- The full New State Pension currently pays £230.25 per week, equivalent to about £921 every four weeks.
- From April, the full rate is set to rise to roughly £241.30 per week, or about £12,548 a year, under the triple lock confirmed in the Autumn Budget.
- The State Pension age will increase from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028, with a further rise to 68 scheduled between 2044 and 2046.
- People working at or beyond State Pension age can stop paying National Insurance via their employer or HMRC, and those who defer claiming see payments lift by about 1% every nine weeks, with any extra potentially taxable.