{"id":30142,"date":"2025-07-29T03:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30142\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T03:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:14:19","slug":"state-pensioners-born-before-1953-losing-472-to-dwp-and-say-weve-been-conned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30142\/","title":{"rendered":"State pensioners born before 1953 losing \u00a3472 to DWP and say &#8216;we&#8217;ve been conned&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not all pensioners will receive the extra cash in their State Pension.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753758859_100_0_pensioners.jpg\" alt=\"Not all pensioners will receive the extra cash in their State Pension.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Not all pensioners will receive the extra cash in their State Pension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Thanks to the Triple Lock, millions of pensioners will see up to an extra \u00a3472 added to their Department for Work and Pensions (<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/dwp\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DWP<\/a>) State Pension which has been uprated by 4.1% from this year. But not all pensioners will receive the extra cash in their State Pension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This increase amounts to a cash boost of over \u00a36.9 billion, demonstrating the government&#8217;s commitment to ensuring pensioners enjoy a better retirement and support for low-income families as bills rise in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But Basic state pensioners, who are born before 1953 if women and 1951 if men, will miss out on a \u00a3470 boost thanks to the Triple Lock &#8211; with their payments being less.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/cost-of-living\/major-uk-bank-makes-change-32142307\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE Major UK bank makes change to accounts in blow to two million customers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In April 2025, the earnings link meant the state pension increased by 4.1%, making it worth \u00a3230.25 a week for the full, new flat-rate state pension (for those who reached state pension age after April 2016) &#8211; a rise of \u00a3472 a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But it is just \u00a3176.45 a week for the full, old basic state pension (for those who reached state pension age before April 2016) &#8211; a rise of \u00a3363 a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Whilst just one of our bills &#8211; water &#8211; is rising by 47%! Most women pensioners aren&#8217;t on full New State Pension and no pensioner can live on a SP which is half the amount needed to live when deciding min wage!&#8221; one Facebook user fumed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;\u00a3470 per annum pay rise, minus \u00a3300 winter fuel allowance which was a one off tax free payment = \u00a3170 per annum,&#8221; another fumed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They added: &#8220;Also without the personal tax allowance being raised it will push more pensioners into paying tax on any private pension they may have, no matter how small.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another said: &#8220;Even with swings and roundabouts I\u2019ve been conned. As a 1950s born woman I lost 6 yrs pension without knowing until the last minute then I finally started to get my pension last summer and you took the winter fuel allowance off me!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I also get a tiny teachers pension which now takes me over your chronically low tax threshold ( \u00a312k!). So now you\u2019ll tax me too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8221; Give with one hand, take back with the other! 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