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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
A pension is a way to save money for later in your life. You may be able…
You can pay into as many pension schemes as you want. It depends on how…
Workplace pensions and personal or stakeholder pensions are a way of…
The pension you get from the government (‘State Pension’) is based on your…
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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
Find schemes that have told HMRC they meet the conditions to be a recognised overseas pension scheme (ROPS).
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Free and impartial help with money and pensions.
Work out your State Pension age and Pension Credit qualifying age
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
The international State Pension claim form IPC BR1 if you live abroad.
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Tax and reporting rules for employers paying employer contributions into a pension or retirement benefit scheme
Information about the Lump Sum Exit Scheme and what you need to do.
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