Get our best money saving tips and hacks by signing up to our newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nThey instead will have to wait until they are 67, and they may be required to work for longer as a result.<\/p>\n
It’s a major change for Britain as the pension age shifts upwards.<\/p>\n
Millions in their 50s and early 60s will have to work for longer before they can retire.<\/p>\n
The pension age is increased every couple of decades or so to reflect the ageing population and the cost to the nation.<\/p>\n
However, the next age rise to 68 could be brought forwards amid a current pensions review.<\/p>\n
As it stands, those born up to April 5, 1977 will be eligible to claim the state pension when they reach 67 – but that could change.<\/p>\n
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said recently: “As life expectancy increases it is right to look at the state pension age to ensure that the state pension is sustainable and affordable for generations to come.<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s why we have asked a very experienced set of experts to look at all the evidence.”<\/p>\n
Head of public policy at AJ Bell, Rachel Vahey, said: “An increase to state pension age from 66 to 67 is already slated to happen between 2026 and 2028. But it’s less clear what will happen after that.<\/p>\n
“There is also an increase to age 68 pencilled in for 2046, but a faster increase is definitely on the cards.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Millions to be affected by state pension shake-up next yearMajor changes are coming for the state pension. Millions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,1267,474,2074,2499,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-390904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dwp","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-pension","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115132630596979053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Major changes are coming for the state pension. <\/p>\n