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DWP confirms State Pension age change - people with these birthdays face longer wait
The phased change affects people born from April 1960 onward, with some waiting up to 11 extra months for their first payment.
- On Friday, the Department for Work and Pensions implemented the latest phase of the State Pension age increase, affecting people born between November 6 and December 5, 1960, who must now wait until age 66 years and eight months.
- Mandated by the Pensions Act 2014, the gradual transition from 66 to 67 occurs over two years, with the State Pension age rising by one month at a time for successive birth groups through March 2028.
- Legislation already exists to raise the age to 68 after the current transition completes, while the Third State Pension Age Review is currently assessing what the age should be in future decades.
- A public petition calling to reduce the State Pension age to 65 has gathered more than 80,000 signatures, with campaigners arguing that many people aged 65 to 67 face poor health, caring pressures, and limited work options.
- The Government has consistently rejected calls to lower the age, citing the State Pension as one of the largest items of public spending and warning that earlier payments would increase long-term financial pressure.
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DWP confirms State Pension age change - people with these birthdays face longer wait
People approaching State Pension age are being warned they could have to wait several months longer before receiving their first payment as the Government continues its phased increase from 66 to 67.
·Bradford, United Kingdom
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