{"id":321181,"date":"2025-12-17T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321181\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:06:13","slug":"state-pension-age-change-next-year-to-affect-those-born-after-this-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321181\/","title":{"rendered":"State Pension age change next year to affect those born after this date"},"content":{"rendered":"

The State Pension age is set to rise gradually from 66 to 67 between April 2026 and 2028, but only those born after certain dates will be affected\"CoupleThose hoping to retire may face a delay(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Changes to the State Pension age<\/a> are set to kick in next year, potentially disrupting your retirement plans<\/a>. According to the official State Pension age timetable, the government <\/a>has confirmed that the State Pension age will rise from 66 to 67 for both men and women.<\/p>\n

The State Pension age is the youngest age at which an individual can start receiving money from the State Pension. This means your retirement age might vary if you’re planning to receive payments from a personal or workplace pension, which may have a different policy compared to the State Pension.<\/p>\n

The changes to the State Pension age will be rolled out from April 2026, with the effects being felt between then and 2028. However, there’s also a further increase from 67 to 68 planned to be introduced between 2044 and 2046.<\/p>\n

\"MatureChanges will be introduced next April(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

But it’s not all doom and gloom \u2013 not everyone nearing the State Pension age will be hit by the changes, and whether the change applies next April largely hinges on your date of birth.<\/p>\n

Birth dates affected by the State Pension age change<\/p>\n

According to the current State Pension timetable, here’s when people can expect to reach their retirement age based on their birthdates:<\/p>\n

April 6, 1960 \u2013 May 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and one month<\/p>\n

May 6, 1960 \u2013 June 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and two months<\/p>\n

May 6, 1960 \u2013 June 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and three months<\/p>\n

July 6, 1960 \u2013 August 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and four months<\/p>\n

August 6, 1960 \u2013 September 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and five months<\/p>\n

September 6, 1960 \u2013 October 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and six months<\/p>\n

September 6, 1960 \u2013 October 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and seven months<\/p>\n

November 6, 1960 \u2013 December 5, 1960<\/p>\n

66 years and eight months<\/p>\n

December 6, 1960 \u2013 January 5, 1961<\/p>\n

66 years and nine months<\/p>\n

January 6, 1961 \u2013 February 5, 1961<\/p>\n

66 years and 10 months<\/p>\n

February 6, 1961 \u2013 March 5, 1961<\/p>\n

66 years and 11 months<\/p>\n

March 6, 1961 \u2013 April 5, 1977<\/p>\n

67<\/p>\n

Current State Pension rates\"ShotState Pension payments can vary depending on your contributions(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The amount you receive through the new State Pension can vary greatly and is based on your National Insurance contributions record. The full rate of the new State Pension is \u00a3230.25 a week – however, you may get more or less depending on if you were contracted out, how many qualifying National Insurance years you have, and whether you paid into the Additional State Pension.<\/p>\n

Full details of this can be found here<\/a>. Currently, you’ll be able to claim the New State Pension when you reach the State Pension age if you’re either a man born on or after April 6, 1951, or a woman born on or after April 6, 1953.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The State Pension age is set to rise gradually from 66 to 67 between April 2026 and 2028,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4176,4178,4174,4175,2220,7087,2221,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-321181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-pensions","11":"tag-personal-finance","12":"tag-personalfinance","13":"tag-public-services","14":"tag-retirement-age","15":"tag-state-pension","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}