The age at which most people start to receive the state pension has now officially hit 66 after steady rises in the qualifying age in recent years.

Men and women born between 6 October, 1954, and 5 April, 1960, will start receiving their pension on their 66th birthday. For those born after...

Six million men and women will have to wait a year longer than they expected to get their state pension, the government has announced. The rise in the pension age to 68 will now be phased in between 2037 and 2039, rather than from 2044 as was originally proposed. Those affected are currently between...

Hello All,
Having successfully seen off Barclaycard and Cap One thanks to this forum, I have now received a CC claim form (commencing Tues 5th June) relating to care home fees owed to the local County Council and outstanding since 2013.
The outstanding fees are for a relative and the original...

State pension outcasts to receive warning letters

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 23rd June 2016 10:23
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Work until 70 to claim your state pension: Ex-FCA chairman Lord Turner Says;

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 26th May 2016 15:45
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Few people understand new state pension

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 28th March 2016 15:14
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I'm trying to help out a friend who is in receipt of just a state pension but has several savings accounts.

As far as I can see her income is below the threshold of 15,600 but has been paying tax on her savings schemes with her bank.

She states she told the Bank some years...

My son is typing this out on my behalf, I'm not very good with the internet.

I'm 87 and have two (relatively) young children from a second marriage, they are both in there mid twenties, I had them very late in life. Their mother passed away from cancer when the youngest was 12 leaving...

New state pension shambles

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 17th September 2015 09:55.

*Millions are livid because they're not getting what they were promised - and it's so complex even experts are baffled* * *New state pension...

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Only 1 in 3 will get the flat-rate £148 state pension in full

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd July 2015 07:24.

*Ministers promised it was for everyone but missed contributions hit an extra 100,000 workers* * *New pension was unveiled as a way of ending......

Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear host, suspended by BBC after 'fracas'


The corporation said the 54-year-old presenter had been suspended "pending an investigation".


"No one else has been suspended. Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday," it said....

As most of you know my 93 year old mum is getting to be a bit of a hand full. Last weekend she was taken by my brother and his partner to the local hospital as her knee had swollen up(mums not his partners)
I knew about her knee last week as she had been to the Drs who had given her some stronger...

State pension: 'Only 45%' to get full new payout

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 12th January 2015 15:26.

*Only 45% of new pensioners will be entitled to the full, new, flat-rate state pension in the first five years of the system, government figures...
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Isle of Man government mulls move to raise pension age to 74

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th November 2014 10:38.

Crown dependency’s treasury says bold transformation of system needed to ensure national insurance fund stays solvent The Isle of Man government......

Can anyone help me with this?
I've been looking through my State Pension Statements pre-2010 and have one dated 2005 stating that my State Pension, once reaching State Pension Age, would be £79.60 plus an additional pension of £25.41. I am assuming this was based retiring at 60.
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