New state pension rise. The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that the state pension will rise by 4.8 per cent under the Government's triple lock policy, reports Birm ...

The State Pension is typically paid every four weeks, meaning 13 payments throughout the year, with rates increasing from April 6.

Basic state pensioners, who are born before 1953, will get the 4.8% boost to their basic state pension.

The state pension is edging closer to the income tax threshold, but many people still don’t realise how it’s taxed. Research ...

State pensioners born in these years get a handy £36 extra per month starting from April, it has been confirmed.

The Pensions Act 2014 accelerated the increase in State Pension age from 66 to 67 by eight years. The UK Government also ...

The DWP is uprating the state pension, handing state pensioners an extra £11 a week ...

Both the basic and new state pension will be affected as well as other DWP payments ...

If you are aged 80 or over and receive a low basic State Pension - or none at all - you could qualify for extra weekly payments. This is worth up to £105.70 a week, or £5,759 a year. Despite the size ...