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  • State Pension Reforms - Factsheets

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Pensions

    Date published: 14 June 2016

    The new State Pension aims to make the State Pension simpler and easier to understand to help people plan for their retirement.

    Documents

    • Myth busting the new State PensionAdobe PDF (92.98 KB)
    • Four ways to increase your new State PensionAdobe PDF (102.72 KB)
    • The current State Pension SchemeAdobe PDF (66.99 KB)
    • Pension CreditAdobe PDF (72.42 KB)
    • Changes to Pension Credit under the new State PensionAdobe PDF (97.36 KB)
    • Deferring your State PensionAdobe PDF (65 KB)
    • Your State Pension explainedAdobe PDF (157.87 KB)
    • Introduction to the new State PensionAdobe PDF (66.17 KB)
    • How the new State Pension is calculatedAdobe PDF (64.73 KB)
    • Increasing the new State Pension through National Insurance CreditsAdobe PDF (162.17 KB)
    • National Insurance Credits for Spouses and Civil Partners Accompanying Service Personnel OverseasAdobe PDF (43.08 KB)
    • Deferring the new State PensionAdobe PDF (156.35 KB)
    • Rules on derived rights and inheritance are changing under the new State PensionAdobe PDF (94.85 KB)
    • International cases and the new State PensionAdobe PDF (66.64 KB)
    • National Insurance and your State PensionAdobe PDF (64.93 KB)
    • Introducing the Minimum Qualifying PeriodAdobe PDF (64.62 KB)
    • Self-employment and the State PensionAdobe PDF (63.51 KB)
    • State Pension through your spouse or civil partnerAdobe PDF (82.63 KB)
    • State Pension top upAdobe PDF (91.53 KB)
    • Summary of transitional rules for inherited and derived State PensionAdobe PDF (63.55 KB)
    • Topping up your State Pension - the current State Pension schemeAdobe PDF (63.01 KB)
    • Pension flexibilities and social security benefitsAdobe PDF (118.18 KB)
    • Calculating how much a customer will receive under the new State PensionAdobe PDF (165.03 KB)
    • Understanding how contracting-out affects the starting amountAdobe PDF (95.39 KB)
    • Introducing the Contracted-out Pension Equivalent (COPE) amountAdobe PDF (67.31 KB)
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