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All articlesHow the triple lock decides each April’s State Pension increase
Three measures go in each autumn and only the largest comes out. Which one won for April 2026, which parts of a pension it does not touch, and what the figures for next April already show.
Why so many people receive less than the full new State Pension
The full rate is £241.30 a week, but it is a ceiling rather than a standard award. How the starting amount from 2016, contracted-out years and gaps decide where an individual figure lands.
The Marriage Allowance many retired couples never claim
A spouse or civil partner who does not use all of their Personal Allowance can pass £1,260 of it across. That is worth up to £252 a year, can be backdated to April 2022, and costs nothing to claim.