Overview

• The state pension age will increase from 66 to 67 in stages between April 2026 and April 2028.
• Individuals born between 6 April 1960 and 5 March 1961 will have to wait longer to claim their state pension under the new timetable.
• The Department for Work and Pensions has launched an online tool and will send letters to affected people well before their revised retirement dates.
• Pensions Minister Torsten Bell says the change aims to maintain a constant share of life spent in retirement as life expectancy rises.
• A further rise to age 68 is scheduled for 2044–46, and an independent review of the state pension age is due by March 2029.