{"id":93875,"date":"2025-05-11T23:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93875\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T23:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:12:09","slug":"state-pension-age-to-rise-in-2026-for-people-born-in-these-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93875\/","title":{"rendered":"State pension age to rise in 2026 for people born in these years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s vital to stay informed about these forthcoming changes, particularly if you have a retirement plan in place<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Pensioner.jpg\" alt=\"Senior woman wrapped in blanket standing at dining table looking at emails on laptop, morning, concentration, working from home\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Some people will find the age at which they get their pension is changing next year.(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/state-pension\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">State Pension<\/a> age in the UK is currently set to start rising from 66 to 67 from 2026, with the increase expected to be fully implemented for men and women by 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Some people, born between certain dates, will see the change take effect next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Pensions Act 2014 accelerated the increase in the State Pension age from 66 to 67 by eight years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Under the changes, people born between March 6, 1961 and April 5, 1977 will be able to claim the State Pension once they reach 67.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A further increase from 67 to 68 is planned to take place between 2044 and 2046.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone who is affected by the changes will receive a letter from the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/dwp\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Department for Work and Pensions<\/a> (DWP) well ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Letters are usually sent to people at least two months before they reach state pension age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It&#8217;s vital to stay informed about these forthcoming adjustments, particularly if you have a retirement plan in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A review of the proposed increase to 68 is due before the end of this decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Any proposed changes must be approved by parliament before they can be implemented into law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Conservative government had initially scheduled it for two years post the general election, which would have been 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Your State Pension age is the earliest age at which you can begin receiving your State Pension. It might differ from the age at which you can access a workplace or personal pension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">People of all ages can use the online tool on GOV.UK to check their State Pension age, an essential step in retirement planning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">You can use the State Pension age tool to check when you will reach State Pension age and your Pension Credit qualifying age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Check your State Pension age online <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/https:\/\/about:blank\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s vital to stay informed about these forthcoming changes, particularly if you have a retirement plan in placeSome&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,1267,474,2499,1786,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-93875","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-personal-finance","12":"tag-state-pension","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114491735656397062","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93875","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=93875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}