State pension payments to change based on exact day pensioners were born
State pensioners face their payments CHANGING due to the date they were born. Pensioners have been told over Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) rules and regulations which will impact the day they wake up to their state pensions.
Over-60s have been warned people born just hours apart facing different outcomes. People born between April 1960 and March 1961 will be caught in the state pension age increase thanks to the Triple Lock hike next April.
UK citizens born on or before April 5, 1960, will receive their state pension on their 66th birthday, in accordance with the current state pension age. However, someone born just hours later on April 6, 1960, will have to wait an additional full month.
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This is due to the phased implementation of the rising state pension age, which will affect everyone born between April 1960 and March 1961. Instead of starting their state pension payments when they turn 66, their payments will be delayed by varying months depending on their specific birth date.
People born on these dates won't receive their state pension payments when they turn 66 but will experience a corresponding delay. If born between April 6, 1960 and May 5, 1960, you will have to turn 66 years and 1 month, but if born May 6, 1960 to June 5, 1960 then you'll be 66 years and 2 months.
The staggering of the age includes June 6, 1960 - July 5, 1960: 66 years and 3 months, July 6, 1960 - August 5, 1960: 66 years and 4 months, August 6, 1960 - September 5, 1960: 66 years and 5 months and September 6, 1960 - October 5, 1960: 66 years and 6 months old as well as October 6, 1960 - November 5, 1960: 66 years and 7 months, November 6, 1960 - December 5, 1960: 66 years and 8 months old, December 6, 1960 - January 5, 1961: 66 years and 9 months old, January 6, 1961 - February 5, 1961: 66 years and 10 months and February 6, 1961 - March 5, 1961: 66 years and 11 months old.