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Work out your State Pension age and Pension Credit qualifying age
Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
The earliest you can get your State Pension is when you reach your State…
When you can take money from your pension pot will depend on your pension…
The amount of money you get from any income-related benefits could be…
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
Tax and reporting rules for employers paying employer contributions into a pension or retirement benefit scheme
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council
How to get and claim your State Pension, State Pension age - for men born on or after 6 April 1951 and women born on or after 6 April 1953.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
GAD's pensions experts and digital specialists develop a 'retirement calculator' platform to help members of public service pension schemes.
GAD has developed a retirement calculator which provides benefits options information to public sector pension scheme members. This online tool is designed to help people understand their pensions more clearly.
Pension Wise is a free and impartial government service that helps you understand the options for your pension pot.
What you need to do to get your State Pension online.
Form to nominate exceptional teachers for an appreciation letter at retirement from the Secretary of State for Education.
Form TASR211: Notice of Application for Direction for Succession Tenancy on Retirement.
Find out how to provide the minimum level of pension that must be paid, depending on benefits a member has accrued and according to anti-franking legislation.
Police Dog (PD) Tess retired from protecting the Dounreay site last summer and has been living at home with her former handler and now owner, PC Ian Disbury.
Find schemes that have told HMRC they meet the conditions to be a recognised overseas pension scheme (ROPS).
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