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Retirement Age Triple Lock Pension Age Policy Changes State Pension Age UK State Pension Eligibility Criteria Pension Increases Legislation WASPI

UK State Pension Age Starts Rising to 67 in April

Eligibility will be tied to each person’s 67th birthday for those born between 6 March 1961 and 5 April 1977.

UK Pension Squeeze Deepens as Healthy Life Expectancy Falls and Age Rise Begins in April

DWP Confirms 2026/27 Benefit Uprating: State Pension Up 4.8%, Most Other Payments Up 3.8% From 6 April

UK Confirms 2026–27 State Pension Rise Under Triple Lock

State Pension to Rise 4.8% in April 2026 as Ministers Develop Tax Workaround

UK Confirms Timetable To Raise State Pension Age To 67 In 2026–2028

UK State Pension Age Review Advances as Calls Grow for 12-Year Notice and Early-Claim Option

Warning Over Potential Deletion of Old State Pension Records as DWP Reviews Data Policy

UK Confirms Phased Rise in State Pension Age to 67 From May 2026

DWP Confirms Winter Fuel Payments as Triple Lock and Age Shift Reshape Pensioners’ Finances

UK State Pension on Track for 4.7% Rise in 2026 as Tax Drag and Withdrawals Climb

UK Wage Data Points to 4.7% Triple Lock Rise, Lifting State Pension to £12,534 in April 2026

Petition to Lower UK State Pension Age to 60 Hits Response Threshold

Minister Confirms Triple Lock Will Stay This Parliament Despite Cost Warnings

Seven Million Older Pensioners Poised to Miss Full Triple Lock Rise Next Year

England to Delay Free Bus Pass Eligibility by One Year From April

UK Government Weighs Bringing State Pension Age to 68 by 2039 and to 69 by 2048

DWP Issues Cohort Letters for State Pension Age Rise as New Commission Begins Work

State Pension Age to Rise to 67 as DWP Warns Future Claimants

UK to Raise State Pension Age to 67 by 2028 and 68 for Those Born After 1977