{"id":346323,"date":"2026-01-01T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/346323\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:10:11","slug":"major-state-pension-age-change-rules-explained-as-2026-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/346323\/","title":{"rendered":"Major state pension age change rules explained as 2026 arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Certain Brits will have to wait beyond their 66th birthday to claim\"SomeThe pension age will start to rise in 2026.<\/p>\n

Huge changes are on the way in 2026 as the UK state pension age begins to rise.<\/p>\n

This will have major consequences for millions of Brits, impacting when they will be able to claim.<\/p>\n

The pension age has been set at 66 for years, though this will gradually start to climb in the new year.<\/p>\n

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It impacts everyone born after April 6, 1960.<\/p>\n

So people currently aged in their 50s and early 60s need to be aware of when they will be eligible to claim.<\/p>\n

This may impact how long they need to keep working.<\/p>\n

The age increase will be gradual on a month by month basis, eventually reaching 67 by 2028.<\/p>\n

So some people will have to wait a few months after their 66th birthdays before they can claim and officially become pensioners.<\/p>\n

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The exact birth dates are set out below .<\/p>\n

The first group to be impacted will be those born between April 6 and May 5, 1960.<\/p>\n

They will reach state pension age in 2026 but at 66 years and one month.<\/p>\n

Everyone born after March 6, 1961 (currently aged up to 64) will not be able to claim their state pension until they are 67.<\/p>\n

Date of birth and state pension age<\/p>\n

April 6 – May 5, 1960 – 66 years and 1 monthMay 6 – June 5, 1960 – 66 years and 2 monthsJune 6 – July 5, 1960 – 66 years and 3 monthsJuly 6 – August 5, 1960 – 66 years and 4 monthsAugust 6 – September 5, 1960 – 66 years and 5 monthsSeptember 6 – October 5, 1960 – 66 years and 6 monthsOctober 6 – November 5, 1960 – 66 years and 7 monthsNovember 6 – December 5, 1960 – 66 years and 8 monthsDecember 6, 1960 – January 5, 1961 – 66 years and 9 monthsJanuary 6 – February 5, 1961 – 66 years and 10 monthsFebruary 6 – March 5, 1961 – 66 years and 11 monthsMarch 6 – April 5, 1977 – 67<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Certain Brits will have to wait beyond their 66th birthday to claimThe pension age will start to rise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,2215,4176,5107,4174,4175,56,54,55,2932],"class_list":{"0":"post-346323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dwp","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-pension","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-your-money"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346323","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=346323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}