State Pension
The UK state pension, the triple lock and pension age changes.
Andy Burnham State Pension triple lock plan 2026: ‘a fairer deal’
Burnham says the State Pension will keep rising and calls his plan 'a fairer deal'. Nothing changes until April 2030; the April 2027 rise is still 3.9%.
DWP paid £170m in pensions after recipients died in record year
A record £170m in pension payments was made after the recipients had died, Metro reports. The TaxPayers' Alliance says the overpayment shows a "serious weakness" in the system.
State pension retirement age: UK workers’ petition tops 50,000
A petition to lower the state pension age to 65 has 50,807 signatures, about half the 100,000 needed for debate consideration. The government must already respond.
State pension triple lock to change from April 2030
Andy Burnham's state pension plan would remove the earnings link from the triple lock from April 2030. A former pensions minister says that leaves pensions about £1,000 a year lower by 2040.
John Swinney says he has ‘nothing to explain’ over pensions claim
The First Minister says he has "nothing to explain" after the Scottish Conservatives and Scottish Labour asked him to correct his remarks on the UK triple lock.
