The Normal Minimum Pension Age (NMPA) is the earliest age at which you are permitted to start receiving a pension in the UK, unless you are retiring due to ill-health.

At present, the NMPA is 55....

The State Pension increased by 4.8% from April 2026 under the Government's Triple Lock policy, which guarantees annual increases in line with the highest of earnings growth, inflation or 2.5%.

The state pension is a payment made every four weeks by the government to people who have reached their state pension age and who have paid enough National Insurance contributions. The state pension...