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"https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age It's a gradual increase.. Starts 2026 to 67 but check for your own self in this link.. Agree though.. I fear by the time I do there's nothing left even after paying 35yrs national insurance and counting! " Someone told me it has been changed back to 66 years and 67 years have been scrapped. | |||
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"I read last night that the increase of retirement age to 67 has been dropped. I'm a bit cynical and don't believe a lot of whats pumped into our minds these days " What was your source, and was it factual or speculation? Please post a link. The current basic state pension is £921.00 every 4 weeks. Good luck trying to live on that if you've failed to make other provisions. | |||
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"I read last night that the increase of retirement age to 67 has been dropped. I'm a bit cynical and don't believe a lot of whats pumped into our minds these days What was your source, and was it factual or speculation? Please post a link. The current basic state pension is £921.00 every 4 weeks. Good luck trying to live on that if you've failed to make other provisions." Thank you for sharing. | |||
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"Thank you for sharing." Just remember you need a certain number of "qualifying years" on your National Insurance record to get the New State Pension. For a Full NSP, you generally need 35 years of the correct sort of contributions to receive £230.25 a week (£11,973 per year). If you work 20 years you get 20/35 of that down to 10/35s for 1 years. Fewer than ten years you get nothing. | |||
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"I read last night that the increase of retirement age to 67 has been dropped. I'm a bit cynical and don't believe a lot of whats pumped into our minds these days " It should be dropped to fifty five... as automation and Ai is increasing doing all the jobs now, we should all be able to retire earlier on larger pensions! What happened to that promised navana? Someone has benefited from it and absconded with the wealth created! We need to get that money back and spend it on the people the Ai replaced! Senior execs and CEO's on telephone number salaries and bullet proof fat pensions might tell you who has the money that OAP's should be getting! | |||
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"https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age It's a gradual increase.. Starts 2026 to 67 but check for your own self in this link.. Agree though.. I fear by the time I do there's nothing left even after paying 35yrs national insurance and counting! Someone told me it has been changed back to 66 years and 67 years have been scrapped." I’m tempted to ask if you are a Waspi Woman, but doubtless you’d take it the wrong way… | |||
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"I retired today and confirm it is 66 Pension is £920 a month " It is paid every 4 weeks not monthly (so you get 13 payments per year not 12) and the amount you get depends on NI contributions and factors such as whether you contracted out at any point. Mine is more than the figure you quote. The website already referred to in this thread can give you your individual forecast on both when and how much. | |||
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"… It never ceases to amaze me that people are able to chat here, write profiles and arrange meets all on line but appear unable to google the answer to questions like this. (Other search engines are available)... " I’ve always presumed it is because they want other people to be discussing them or interacting with them, to get them to look at their profile or message them, etc etc. The last place you’d go for cold, hard facts is the FabGuys forum, so I’ve presumed that wasn’t the primary motivation. | |||
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"… It never ceases to amaze me that people are able to chat here, write profiles and arrange meets all on line but appear unable to google the answer to questions like this. (Other search engines are available)... I’ve always presumed it is because they want other people to be discussing them or interacting with them, to get them to look at their profile or message them, etc etc. The last place you’d go for cold, hard facts is the FabGuys forum, so I’ve presumed that wasn’t the primary motivation." I think you may well be right | |||
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"… It never ceases to amaze me that people are able to chat here, write profiles and arrange meets all on line but appear unable to google the answer to questions like this. (Other search engines are available)... I’ve always presumed it is because they want other people to be discussing them or interacting with them, to get them to look at their profile or message them, etc etc. The last place you’d go for cold, hard facts is the FabGuys forum, so I’ve presumed that wasn’t the primary motivation. I think you may well be right" +1 | |||
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"What is the retirement age in UK exactly? One said 66 and another said 67. And how much maximum state pension one gets ever month? " Technically you can retire whenever you like or not - i.e. you could keep on working till you die. I assume that what you really want to know is at what age can you get your state pension. Well it used to be 65 but then the Tory’s started raising the age. Now it depends on when you were born. The easiest way to get an accurate answer for yourself is to go to https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age and use that. It should tell you the earliest date at which you can get your state pension. I say the earliest date because I believe it is possible to defer it is you want to keep on working. There may be benefits to deferring if you want to keep on working, for example if it would push you into a higher tax band, or if you are short on NI credits. As always get professional advice before making your decisions. | |||
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"What is the retirement age in UK exactly? One said 66 and another said 67. And how much maximum state pension one gets ever month? " I reach pension age febyary 2027 ,that makes me 66 year and 6 months ,doed tgat answer your question | |||
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"I read last night that the increase of retirement age to 67 has been dropped. I'm a bit cynical and don't believe a lot of whats pumped into our minds these days What was your source, and was it factual or speculation? Please post a link. The current basic state pension is £921.00 every 4 weeks. Good luck trying to live on that if you've failed to make other provisions." Mine will be £1150 ,obviously i wont stop working because of tgat but also ,i enjoy my job | |||
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"I'm surrounded by elderly pensioners into 80s and 90s generally on comfortable pensions they drew very early.Age has to rise considerably to afford these. " If they are on comfortable pensions then they will be company or private pensions and they will be paying tax, so contributing to the economy, not a drain on it like so many in this country | |||
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"i wouldn’t count on being able to retire anytime soon, i’ll be working up to lunchtime on the day of my funeral 🤷♂️" I'll be doing overtime | |||
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"i wouldn’t count on being able to retire anytime soon, i’ll be working up to lunchtime on the day of my funeral 🤷♂️" If you get a job at the Funeral Director's, you can save on the travelling expenses  | |||
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"i wouldn’t count on being able to retire anytime soon, i’ll be working up to lunchtime on the day of my funeral 🤷♂️" By that time, funerals will be held in the evening to make sure you put in a full days work. | |||
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"What is the retirement age in UK exactly? One said 66 and another said 67. And how much maximum state pension one gets ever month? " Why are you asking? AIs don’t retire. | |||
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"State pension is plenty. If you can't live on that then you must waste money or have debt. You shouldn't have any debt at that age. " | |||
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"State pension is plenty. If you can't live on that then you must waste money or have debt. You shouldn't have any debt at that age. " There’s nothing like unrealistic and sweeping generalisations to bring us all together harmoniously. | |||
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"i wouldn’t count on being able to retire anytime soon, i’ll be working up to lunchtime on the day of my funeral 🤷♂️" Knowing my workplace they'll have the ouija board out asking what time will I be in for my shift the day after | |||
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"I read last night that the increase of retirement age to 67 has been dropped. I'm a bit cynical and don't believe a lot of whats pumped into our minds these days It should be dropped to fifty five... as automation and Ai is increasing doing all the jobs now, we should all be able to retire earlier on larger pensions! What happened to that promised navana? Someone has benefited from it and absconded with the wealth created! We need to get that money back and spend it on the people the Ai replaced! Senior execs and CEO's on telephone number salaries and bullet proof fat pensions might tell you who has the money that OAP's should be getting!" Should this clueless government decide to drop the retirement age to 55, the UK would immediately be declared bankrupt. The ensuing financial mess would be a terrible experience for all but the wealthy. The UK has a huge national debt, and a very large deficit. With the pension age at 66, soon to be 67, we must borrow enormous sums every year just to maintain current levels of spending. Raising the state pension age to 70 would most certainly not solve those problems, but it would be a start. | |||
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"State pension is plenty. If you can't live on that then you must waste money or have debt. You shouldn't have any debt at that age. " I have no debt and don't make a habit of wasting money. I enjoy a nice standard of living, take holidays, and eat out whenever I wish, and enjoy wearing good quality clothes. It sounds like you're a small man with a small life, and next to no ambition or imagination. | |||
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"State pension is plenty. If you can't live on that then you must waste money or have debt. You shouldn't have any debt at that age. I have no debt and don't make a habit of wasting money. I enjoy a nice standard of living, take holidays, and eat out whenever I wish, and enjoy wearing good quality clothes. It sounds like you're a small man with a small life, and next to no ambition or imagination." One word. SNOB | |||
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"If you arrive here in a dinghy its 20 years old but if you are born here and worked since 15 year old its 96 years old. Just had my 64th Birthday i should have just under a year to work its like monopoly go back to start do not collect your pension" Spot on fella. | |||
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"State pension is plenty. If you can't live on that then you must waste money or have debt. You shouldn't have any debt at that age. I have no debt and don't make a habit of wasting money. I enjoy a nice standard of living, take holidays, and eat out whenever I wish, and enjoy wearing good quality clothes. It sounds like you're a small man with a small life, and next to no ambition or imagination. One word. SNOB" | |||
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"Also check out Pension credits if you don't qualify for a full state pension. "^ what's the point of putting 39yrs plus work a paying a claa A stamp to get a pension when someone with less contributions gets pension credits to bring it up to full pension plus other benefits because they receive credits! They end up with more income than someone on a full pension! Batshite Bonkers Britain! | |||
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"Also check out Pension credits if you don't qualify for a full state pension. "^ what's the point of putting 39yrs plus work a paying a claa A stamp to get a pension when someone with less contributions gets pension credits to bring it up to full pension plus other benefits because they receive credits! They end up with more income than someone on a full pension! Batshite Bonkers Britain! | |||
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"It has changed a few times in recent years. Now it depends when you were born. With me it was March 1960. So I qualify for the pension in March 2026. The same month as my 66th birthday. " I was born august 1960 and was due to receive state pension jan 2026 ,i have now been informed i will get it feb 2027 . So have you recently checked? You might be lucky and because im 5 months younger i have been moved ? | |||
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"i wouldn’t count on being able to retire anytime soon, i’ll be working up to lunchtime on the day of my funeral 🤷♂️" . Same here, don’t even know if I will get the whole afternoon off. | |||
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"State pension is plenty. If you can't live on that then you must waste money or have debt. You shouldn't have any debt at that age. There’s nothing like unrealistic and sweeping generalisations to bring us all together harmoniously. " I was just about to say exactly the same thing!! | |||
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"It's too old whatever it is..." I agree and I've just added you to my hotlist 😜 | |||
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"Definitely feels like they are trying to make us work til our graves!" Who is “they”? | |||
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