Torsten Bell, Britain’s new pensions minister, has previously called for the replacement of the “triple lock”, which protects ...

When former prime minister, Herbert Asquith, introduced the state pension in 1909, he couldn’t have imagined the behemoth it ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that nearly 78 per cent of all new claims for Pension Credit are processed ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the time it takes to process new Pension Credit claims - from ...

State pensioners across the UK will get a £470 income boost from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) this year.

I was born in 1949 and when I reached retirement age at 65 I started to draw my state pension. After a few years I realised I ...

From April 7, the Standard Minimum Guarantee (SMG) will rise by 4.1 per cent as part of the annual uprating exercise. This ...

Liberal Democrat MP Ben Maguire has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to make an assessment of the potential merits of ...

People can boost their state pension payments by filling gaps in their national insurance contribution records, the ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed the State Pension rates for the 2025/2026 financial year, with increases ...

The Triple Lock - a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) mechanism for increasing the state pension each year - is ...

Workplace and private pensions will supplement the State Pension in retirement, but many people may be depending on the ...