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Work out your State Pension age and Pension Credit qualifying age
Update your payroll records when an employee reaches State Pension age so they stop paying National Insurance
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
This Tax Information and Impact Note outlines the increase to the earliest age at which most pension savers can access their pensions without incurring an unauthorised payments tax charge, the normal minimum pension age, from 55 to 57.
This collection brings together publications related to the third review of the State Pension age as required by the Pensions Act 2014.
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
If you're over 80 you can get your State Pension topped up to £110.75 a week in 2026 to 2027 - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953
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