State pensioners across the UK will see a boost to their income this year as new State Pension rates take effect in April.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that pensioners whose sole income is the flat rate of the New or ...

State Pension rates will rise by 4.8% from April, in line with average wage growth, as part of the triple lock commitment. It ...

The current State Pension age is 66 - but this will soon rise ...

It has been revealed how much better off millions of Brits will be later this year as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) shares how much benefits and pensions will be increasing by. Around 24 ...

You can get almost 6% more in state pension if you hold off claiming it – but it takes a long time to earn it back ...

About 24 million people in the UK receive some form of DWP benefit ...

Almost 42,000 people (41,938) claimed a previously deferred State Pension in 2023/24, receiving higher weekly payments for ...

But by holding off for 12 months, they'd forfeit nearly £12,000 in State Pension payouts, presuming they're entitled to the full new State Pension. A basic-rate taxpayer would have to make it to ...

Payments for 1950s-born women would cost £10.3bn and would not be 'right or fair', says Work and Pensions Secretary Pat ...