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Find out if voluntary National Insurance contributions will boost your State Pension.

• Updated: 29 April 2024

The State Pension age timetable will remain unchanged, for the time being. The review was informed by reports from the Government Actuary.

• Updated: 5 April 2023

The second review of State Pension age has been published by the Government today.

• Updated: 30 March 2023

Thousands of taxpayers have been given more time to fill gaps in their National Insurance record and help increase the amount they receive in State Pension.

• Updated: 7 March 2023

Information about DWP pension and benefit payments for people in Yemen.

• Updated: 29 April 2022

State Pensions and benefits will be increased by 3.1 percent next year, it has been confirmed.

• Updated: 25 November 2021

This statement provides an update to the House on uplifts to State Pension which has been a matter of Parliamentary interest since 2020.

• Updated: 4 March 2021

Projections help with modelling and decision-making.

• Updated: 29 October 2019

If you have a bank account in Yemen and receive State Pension or Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit from the UK into this account, it will be paid Yemeni rial (YER).

• Updated: 14 October 2019

An examination of the National Insurance Fund’s future.

• Updated: 2 August 2019

The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion addressed issues including the importance of ESG, and progress on pensions dashboards.

• Updated: 6 June 2019

Guidance developed by government and an industry working group has been published today.

• Updated: 18 April 2019

Pensions dashboards which will revolutionise retirement planning have been given the green light by the Work and Pensions Secretary today - with initial industry models expected this year.

• Updated: 4 April 2019

The UK and Ireland are working closely together to protect the rights of UK and Irish citizens in each other's state, as part of the commitment to maintain the rights associated with the Common Travel Area - a long-stan…

• Updated: 4 February 2019