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If you get the full basic state pension, then payments will increase by £13.30 per week. That means growing from £156.20 to £169.50.Meanwhile the full new state pension will move from £203.85 to £221.
Pension credit tops up weekly income to a minimum of £201.05 for single people and £306.85 for couples, and it can be more if you are a carer or disabled.
Paul Maynard has been appointed as the new pensions minister to replace Laura Trott, who left the post on Monday. Maynard was elected Conservative MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys in May 2010.
Laura Trott oversaw publication of the first official measure of the gender pensions gap, which revealed a yawning hole in women's savings
The financial services profession has expressed concern about potential delays to pension reforms after it was confirmed Laura Trott has left her post as pensions minister today. Trott has been appointed as chief secretary to the Treasury as part of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle. The chief secretary