6 h. ago DWP confirms new PIP monthly payment rates for all eight award types from April

Find your new PIP payment as DWP confirms proposed new PIP payment rates for 2026/27.

Economics

7 h. ago DWP announces new payment rates from April for State Pension and benefits

The new weekly payment rates for Sate Pension, PIP, Attendance Allowance and working age benefits will start on April 6.

Economics

3 d. ago Million of pensioners given state pension tax update after Rachel Reeves' Budget

The Chancellor confirmed the state pension will rise by 4.8% from next April - so the full new state pension will increase from £230.25 a week to £241.30 a week (£12,547.60 a year)

Economics

5 d. ago DWP state pensions to rise by £575 a year as new rates confirmed in Autumn Budget 2025

The State Pension will increase in April in line with the Triple Lock Promise

Economics

5 d. ago State pension will rise 4.8% to £12,548 a year next April, Chancellor confirms

Popular triple lock guarantee means the state pension is increased by the highest of inflation , average earnings growth or 2.5%.

Economics

5 d. ago Millions of pensioners to receive £575 boost under 'triple lock'

From April, the rate of the full new state pension is expected to increase to just over £240 per week - an increase the Chancellor said was worth £575 per year.

Economics

5 d. ago Exact amount state pension will rise by announced in Rachel Reeves' Budget

The state pension increases every April in line with whichever is the highest of earnings growth in between May to July, inflation in September, or 2.5%

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves confirms £2,000 cap on salary sacrifice pensions from April 2029

Rachel Reeves' Budget introduces a £2,000 annual cap on salary sacrifice pension contributions from April 2029, with amounts above this losing National Insurance exemption

Economics

5 d. ago Triple lock alert over £1,485 shortfall in state pension payments

State pension payments go up each April

Economics

5 d. ago DWP announces 'major' reassessments of Carers' Allowance following benefit 'mess'

The DWP has announced major reassessments following an official review which concluded that hundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers were left with huge debts due to government failure

Politics

6 d. ago State pension £561 boost from April – but there's one tax catch for this reason

From April next year, the state pension is set to increase by 4.7% due to the triple lock, but the frozen personal allowance could mean more pensioners paying income tax

Economics

7 d. ago BBC expert gives state pension £241.30 April 2026 Budget update

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has also been warned about a raid on salary sacrifice schemes

Economics

9 d. ago HMRC could owe you £3,800 if you have taken money out of your pension

The tax body has issued £48.7 million in refunds between April 1 to June 30 for overpaid tax on pension withdrawals

Economics

1 week ago Martin Lewis issues State Pension tax warning ahead of Budget and says 'it will probably be the first time you will pay'

The State Pension is expected to increase by more than 4% next April in line with the triple lock promise

Economics

1 week ago Expected new DWP PIP rates for all eight types of awards in 2026

The DWP will confirm the new payment rates for State Pensions and benefits for the 2026/27 financial year just before the Autumn Budget on November 26

Events

2 w. ago Triple lock update as economic figures 'tighten the Treasury's fiscal position'

State pension payments rise each April in line with the triple lock

Economics

2 w. ago Triple lock under threat as DWP state pension bill 'continues to rise'

State pension payments go up each April in line with the triple lock

Economics

2 w. ago New calls to scrap Basic State Pension and pay everyone equal amounts

The UK Government is being urged to move everyone to the New State Pension and increase the weekly payment rates.

Economics

3 w. ago Full list of new weekly DWP State Pension amounts after rise

The ONS has confirmed that the state pension will rise by 4.8% in April

Politics

3 w. ago All the new and basic State Pension weekly payments due from April

The full new State Pension will increase by around £574 from April, 2026, if the triple lock is retained

Economics