State pension
£35m added to state pension pots since April last year by people plugging gaps
People have just two months left to boost their state pension entitlements going back as far as 2006 by filling gaps in national insurance records.
10 Labour MPs offer support to proposed compensation scheme for Waspi women
The Bill has been tabled by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.
Waspi women feel angry and betrayed by decision not to offer redress, MPs hear
Women do not understand how findings of maladministration have not led to compensation, the Work and Pensions Committee was told.
Top Badenoch ally defends claim pensions could be subject to more means-testing
Nigel Huddleston suggested means-testing the triple lock was among ‘exactly the things’ the party could look at.
Starmer faces pressure from own party over Waspi decision
A former shadow employment minister is among those urging Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to ‘reconsider’ the decision.
Waspi women criticise ‘bizarre and unjustified’ ruling out of compensation
The Government said a blanket compensation scheme for Waspi women, which could cost taxpayers up to £10.5 billion, cannot be justified.
Benefits rise to ‘barely touch sides’ of cost-of-living squeeze, experts warn
The latest inflation figures mean index-linked benefits will rise 1.7% from April.
Government ‘facing extra £100m bill for next year’s state pension hikes’
A wage growth figure which forms a key part of the triple lock formula used to calculate state pension rises was revised upwards on Tuesday.
More than 257,000 contacted as thousands in Northern Ireland could be missing out on boost to state pension
Pensioners urged to check gaps in National Insurance record
State pension: Will retirees feel better or worse off in the months ahead?
Wage growth figures released on Tuesday suggest some pensioners will see an annual state pension increase of around £460 next year.