Universal Credit and other in-work benefits - a guide for union reps and workers (April 2019)

Chapter 6

Deferring the new State Pension

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New rules for deferring or postponing a claim for the new State Pension came into effect in April 2016. You must defer for at least nine weeks, and your State Pension will increase by 1% for every nine weeks you put off claiming. This works out at just under 5.8% for every full year you put off claiming.


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