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The separate payments that sit alongside the State Pension — who each one is designed for, how they are assessed, and how to tell a genuine DWP contact from a scam.

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Entitlements · Sponsored This pension rise affects millions of Britons — what it means for payments

The full rates went up 4.8% on 6 April 2026. Why the change in your own payment can still look nothing like the national figure.

9 min read
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Entitlements The National Insurance years that decide your State Pension

Thirty-five years for the full rate, ten to qualify at all — and the gaps that quietly reduce a figure most people never check.

7 min read
A woman in her sixties at a desk with a laptop and a folder of papers, checking a record
Entitlements Why the State Pension arrives every four weeks, not every month

Thirteen payments a year, a payday set by your National Insurance number, and the reason two deposits can differ without anything being wrong.

7 min read
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Entitlements Reaching State Pension age does not start the payments

The pension has to be claimed. What the invitation letter is for, what happens if it never arrives, and what deferring actually buys.

7 min read
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Entitlements What moving abroad does to your annual pension increase

Some countries get the yearly uprating and some do not. The list is the whole story, and it is set by agreement rather than by choice.

7 min read
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