New state pension 'set for 2017'

Sunday, 13 January 2013

Details of a flat-rate state pension probably starting in April 2017 and thought to be around the equivalent of £144 today are to be announced later by the government.

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PortByronCSD I hope this story makes in newspapers across the state. Pension Smoothing is dangerous. https://t.co/bPCtLddkpZ - about a minute ago

keralaway Pension Age of all State Government Officials may Fix as 60 http://t.co/8v3wZacv7a - 7 minutes ago

jonnyboy909 @bethrobertson94 well as she worked within the public sector her pension payments go to the state- hence the state funeral- BBC website - 15 minutes ago

tracytcb RT @EdwardDaveyMP: from today the full basic State Pension will increase by 2.5%, or £2.70 a week, to £110.15 per week. #strongereconomy #fairersociety - 23 minutes ago

LenaSiberian RT @ilpoliski: Too bad Puerto Rico isn’t a state. If it were, PR, and not #IL, would have nation’s worst-funded #pension http://t.co/zzPtdkInqv #twill - 25 minutes ago

CooperAssociate MPs suggest women with 15 years to retirement receive a state pension linked to their husband's NI contributions http://t.co/iQU56xjwdF - 29 minutes ago

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