Changes in 2015
[ch 5: page 66]As this booklet went to press, details of a new scheme under which people will be able to buy up to £25 a week of extra state pension was awaited. The scheme is due to be launched in October 2015 and is aimed at pensioners and those due to reach state pension age before April 2016. It will allow people to swap a cash lump sum for extra state pension worth between £1 and £25 a week.