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Work out your State Pension age and Pension Credit qualifying age
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
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.
You’ll be able to claim the new State Pension when you reach State Pension…
Your State Pension amount depends on your National Insurance record. Check…
You will not get your new State Pension automatically - you have to claim…
After you’ve claimed your State Pension you’ll get a letter about your…
You can get advice from an independent financial adviser if you want more…
You might be able to inherit an extra payment on top of your new State…
If you live or work in another country, you might be able to contribute…
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
Summary of the research evidence from the review of the default retirement age.
Update your payroll records when an employee reaches State Pension age so they stop paying National Insurance
Compulsory retirement ages below 65 became unlawful in most cases under the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.
This collection brings together publications related to the second review of the State Pension as required by the Pensions Act 2014.
Find out how much State Pension you could get (your forecast), when you could get it and how you could increase it
Responses to a call for evidence on the default retirement age.
This consultation sets out proposals relating to the mandatory retirement age for judges, magistrates and coroners.
Age-related tax allowance, calculating tax if you carry on working, National Insurance payments
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.
Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility.
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
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.
Findings from qualitative research that explored employers’ retirement practices and views about the Default Retirement Age (DRA).
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