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The state pension is set to rise next year, but exactly how much could depend on a range of factors. Heres what experts are predicting.

The government claims the online Check Your State Pension forecast will allow people to avoid having to phone HMRC and the DWP.

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The petition argues that taxing State Pensions and benefits is pushing people even deeper into poverty.

Politicians need to come clean about the problems of the triple lock, says former Pensions Minister Ros Altmann

More than 12 million retirees will get a 8.5 percent pay rise from tomorrow, as the state pension rises in line with earnings thanks to the triple lock.

Attendance Allowance, which helps support the extra daily living costs of having a physical or mental health condition, disability or long-term illness, will rise by 6.7 percent.

The Treasury has confirmed that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) started writing to older people whose National Insurance (NI) records may be affected by missing periods of Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) in September 2023.

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State Pension cash is sent out at different times over Christmas and New Year due to the different working days of banks and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offices