Search all content

Personal pensions, stakeholder pensions, SIPPs

• Overview

  Personal pensions are pensions that you arrange yourself. They’re…

• Choosing a personal pension

  Citizens Advice has information about choosing a personal pension. Paying…

• How you can take your pension

  Most personal pensions set an age when you can start taking money from…

• Get help

  Contact your pension provider first if you need help with a personal…

• Complaints

  If you have a complaint about how your pension scheme is run, talk to your…

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

• About workplace pensions

  A workplace pension is a way of saving for your retirement that’s arranged…

• Joining a workplace pension

  All employers must provide a workplace pension scheme. This is called…

• What you, your employer and the government pay

  The amount you and your employer pay towards the pension depends on: what…

• Protection for your pension

  How your pension is protected depends on the type of scheme. Defined…

• Managing your pension

  Your pension provider will send you a statement each year to tell you how…

• Changing jobs and taking leave

  If you change jobs Your workplace pension still belongs to you. If you do…

• If you want to leave your workplace pension scheme

  What you do if you want to leave a workplace pension depends on whether…

• Get help

  For questions about the specific terms of your workplace pension scheme,…

'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them

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.

Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance

Find out how much State Pension you could get (your forecast), when you could get it and how you could increase it

How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.

Work out your State Pension age and Pension Credit qualifying age

International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad

Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details (such as your address or bank details)