{"id":239971,"date":"2025-07-05T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239971\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:29:09","slug":"state-pension-age-rise-as-dwp-confirms-2026-rule-change-personal-finance-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239971\/","title":{"rendered":"State Pension age rise as DWP confirms 2026 rule change | Personal Finance | Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

People born after April 1960 face a delay in getting their State Pension<\/a> due to an age rule change<\/a> that will take effect next year.<\/p>\n

The Department for Work and Pensions<\/a> (DWP<\/a>) has confirmed the State Pension<\/a> age is rising from 2026, with the change to be gradually phased in over the course of a year. Currently, both men and women can claim the State Pension<\/a> once they turn 66 but from next year the age will rise to 67. The current State Pension<\/a> age was implemented between December 2018 and October 2020, having increased from 65, and now a further hike will take effect between 2026 and 2028.<\/p>\n

The age rise to 67 will be implemented in phases and will affect when people born between April 6, 1960, and March 5, 1961, can claim their State Pension<\/a>. As people born between these dates fall into the transition period, it means some will be closer to 66 when they get their State Pension<\/a>, while others will be almost 67 by the time they get their first payment.<\/p>\n

The age increase will still allow these people to get their State Pension<\/a> at age 66, but they won\u2019t be able to get it immediately after their 66th birthday. The phased age increase means that people will instead reach State Pension<\/a> age at 66 years and a specified number of months, so their payment will effectively be pushed back.<\/p>\n

The DWP<\/a> said: \u201cThe Pensions Act 2014 brought the increase in the State Pension<\/a> age from 66 to 67 forward by 8 years. The State Pension<\/a> age for men and women will now increase to 67 between 2026 and 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government also changed the way in which the increase in State Pension<\/a> age is phased so that rather than reaching State Pension<\/a> age on a specific date, people born between 6 April 1960 and 5 March 1961 will reach their State Pension<\/a> age at 66 years and the specified number of months. For people born after 5 April 1969 but before 6 April 1977, under the Pensions Act 2007, State Pension<\/a> age was already 67.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DWP<\/a> has set out the following timetable for the increase in State Pension<\/a> age from 66 to 67, which will take place from 2026 to 2028:<\/p>\n