Government confirms State Pension rises to £250.70 from April 2027

Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 14 Nov, 19:13 · Archive

The Government has announced State Pension rates will rise by 3.9% from April 2027, with the full new State Pension reaching £250.70 a week.

The Government has announced State Pension rates for April 2027. The full new State Pension will increase to £250.70 a week, up from £241.30, whilst the full basic State Pension will rise to £192.10 a week from £184.90. Both rises represent 3.9%, in line with the annual increase in average weekly earnings between May and July 2026.

The increases fall within the Government's State Pension triple lock, which ensures payments rise each year by the highest of inflation, average earnings growth or 2.5%. Over a full year, pensioners receiving the full new State Pension will gain around £488.80, whilst those on the full basic State Pension will receive £374.40 extra.

The new State Pension applies to people who reached State Pension age on or after April 6, 2016. The basic State Pension covers those who reached State Pension age before that date. Individual payments depend on National Insurance records and eligibility for full entitlement.

How it is being reported

• Calls are growing to halt Government State Pension age rise to 68A new petition calls on the Government to scrap any plans to bring forward the increase in the State Pension age to 68, warning that millions of workers could be forced to stay in employment for longer despite declining healthy life expectancy.Oxford Mail · 14 Nov, 14:42
• Calls are growing to halt Government State Pension age rise to 68A new petition calls on the Government to scrap any plans to bring forward the increase in the State Pension age to 68, warning that millions of workers could be forced to stay in employment for longer despite declining healthy life expectancy.Oxfordshire Guardian · 14 Nov, 14:42
• Government confirms new State Pension rates – see how much pensioners will getThe Government has set out new State Pension rates for April 2027, with the full new State Pension rising to £250.70 a week and the basic rate to £192.10.Oxfordshire Guardian · 14 Nov, 12:43
• Government confirms new State Pension rates – see how much pensioners will getThe Government has set out new State Pension rates for April 2027, with the full new State Pension rising to £250.70 a week and the basic rate to £192.10.Oxford Mail · 14 Nov, 12:43

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