LRD guides and handbook March 2015

State benefits and tax credits 2015

Chapter 5

State pensions

[ch 5: page 68]

Among the benefits payable to people who reach State Pension Age is the state pension but people reaching SPA from 6 April 2016 onwards will be affected by the transition to the new State Pension (see page 72). There will also be some changes in the Pension Credit scheme (see page 74) which supplements the state pension.