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

Chapter 6

The new single-tier State Pension

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For people reaching SPA from 6 April 2016, a new single-tier State Pension replaced the Basic State Pension and the Additional State Pension. “Outdated” additions to the State Pension, such as the Category D pension and the Age Addition came to an end, and the Savings Credit element of Pension Credit (see page 64) also closed to people who reach their SPA on or after the date the new system was introduced.

Those who started claiming their State Pension before 6 April 2016 do not qualify for the new State Pension and will continue to receive payments based on the old system (see page 60).

The new State Pension rules apply to:

• men born on or after 6 April 1951; and

• women born on or after 6 April 1953


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