What is the State Pension?
The State Pension is a payment from the government that people receive when they reach State Pension age. The amount and age varies, and it is designed to give people a basic income in retirement.
Most of us will get the State Pension at our state pension age. That varies depending on your date of birth. The State Pension is designed to give a basic income in retirement but our research shows that only half of pensioners claiming the new State Pension got the full amount in 2023, with 150,000 getting less than £100 a week.
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