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The State Pension age in the UK is in the process of rising from 66 to 67 (Image: Getty)
A State Pension age increase will get underway from August affecting payments of up to £241.30 from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
The UK State Pension age is currently in the process of rising from 66 to 67, with the increase being phased in gradually in one month increments over a two year period which began on April 6, 2026. The process is due to complete in 2028 and will affect when people can get their State Pension. For those born between April 6, 1960, and May 5, 1960, the point at which State Pension payments can be claimed from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) depends on exactly when your 66th birthday falls, as some will face a longer wait than others.
According to the DWP timetable, people who turned 66 between these dates will reach State Pension age, and in turn become eligible to claim their first State Pension payment, at exactly 66 years plus a specified number of months.
The next phase of the age increase will get underway in August, affecting anyone born between August 6, 1960, and September 5, 1960.
The DWP timetable confirms that pensioners born between these dates face an extra five month wait before they can claim their State Pension.
So, for example, if you were born on August 6, 1960, the age increase means you will become eligible to claim your State Pension on January 6, 2027, when you are exactly 66 years and five months old.
The new State Pension is currently worth £241.30 per week from the DWP if you have a full qualifying National Insurance record, so pensioners born after August 6, 1960 face at least a five month delay before starting to receive these payments. Those who don’t have enough qualifying years will receive less per week once becoming eligible for State Pension payments.
State Pension eligibility becomes further delayed the later in the year your 66th birthday falls, increasing by one month each time. It means those turning 66 in the month from September 6 face an extra six-month wait, and so on until the age rise to 67 is complete.
Listed below is the DWP timetable for the State Pension age increase from 66 to 67, which shows when people with birthdays between April 6, 1960, and March 5, 1961 can claim their State Pension:
May 6, 1960 – June 5, 1960: 66 years and 2 months
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
September 6, 1960 – October 5, 1960: 66 years and 6 months
October 6, 1960 – November 5, 1960: 66 years and 7 months
November 6, 1960 – December 5, 1960: 66 years and 8 months
December 6, 1960 – January 5, 1961: 66 years and 9 months
January 6, 1961 – February 5, 1961: 66 years and 10 months
February 6, 1961 – March 5, 1961: 66 years and 11 months
March 6, 1961 – April 5, 1977: 67 years
The DWP said: “The Pensions Act 2014 brought the increase in the State Pension age from 66 to 67 forward by eight years. The State Pension age for men and women will now increase to 67 between 2026 and 2028.
“The Government also changed the way in which the increase in State Pension age is phased so that rather than reaching State Pension age on a specific date, people born between 6 April 1960 and 5 March 1961 will reach their State Pension age at 66 years and the specified number of months.
“For people born after 5 April 1969 but before 6 April 1977, under the Pensions Act 2007, State Pension age was already 67.”
