DWP again

No letter here as yet - but really not bothered. There’ll be an increase - £30ish per 4 weeks, so not expecting any sort of surprise/shock.

Hope you are not relying on a big increase. In my experience it will not buy a loaf of bread.

Letters just received here.

I just feel very annoyed that I seem to be invisible. When I phone I get the details but no explanation except try change of circumstances. There are none !!

Wouldn't surprise me if Robber Reeves has diverted any pension increase towards the 22billion Black Hole she's been using as an all-purpose excuse to give pensioners a good kicking.....

What a daft comment mae.

I haven’t received a letter either, frankly I’m not bothered. The increase will be paid. The call handler can’t press the wrong button and deprive you of your pension OP but you don’t need to chase it. It will happen automatically.

Please refrain from the horrible expression Robber Reeves.
I received my letter about 3 weeks ago it is a rise of 4.6% so it is easy to work out what your extra will be.

I received my letter today, my husband two weeks ago, think they are sent in batches and according to NI number

Good luck, the call centre cannot “press the wrong button” and cancel your pension, please don’t worry

mae13

Wouldn't surprise me if Robber Reeves has diverted any pension increase towards the 22billion Black Hole she's been using as an all-purpose excuse to give pensioners a good kicking.....

Oh do get a grip my dear. Your pension and your increase will appear in your bank account next payment after April.

Fear not, she cannot nick or divert your pension.

Boz

Hope you are not relying on a big increase. In my experience it will not buy a loaf of bread.

Mmmm your bread must be very expensive if £30 won’t buy you one each month

I only get a letter occasionally, I’m happy with an email, less paper waste as it gets shredded in the bin immediately

I received my letter telling me of my new rate of pension about a month ago.

DWP advisers suggest callers contact the Change team for all kinds of reasons that don't feel like a change. Telling them that you are not receiving standards letters might count as a change. The DWP works in mysterious ways.

The rise is 4.1%.

I think you are right Cossy. My name is very near the start of the alphabet and my NINo suffix means I get my SP on Mondays so I think I must be in the early batches.

Got mine on Friday, partner got his a while ago.

You can have my letter, l really don't need to receive one.

I have already received my letter, but don't really need it. DH, who is older than me, received his two weeks after after me.
Once I know what percetage increase is, I work it out.
Retirees who receive the full new state pension will see their payments rise to £230.25 a week, or £11,973 a year, for 2025-26, with the increase taking effect in April. These amounts apply to those who reached state pension age after April 2016 and have the full 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions.13 Feb 2025

HMRC, we're also quick to inform me of a change in my tax code, which will affect my occupational pension.

You win some, you lose some.

I've not had a letter yet.
I've read that according to your payment date you will get some of the rise an April and the full amount in May.

My DH has had his today and I've torn it up.

£10 a week is an insult when we've had the WFA taken away.

I also got my new tax code within days after my state pension letter.
It is amazing how quickly HMRC can work that out but take ages to reply to queries 😉

£10 a week is more than the WFA.

Received mine 2 weeks ago it equates to £30 something extra per 4 weeks.

mae13

Wouldn't surprise me if Robber Reeves has diverted any pension increase towards the 22billion Black Hole she's been using as an all-purpose excuse to give pensioners a good kicking.....

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Usedtobeblonde

£10 a week is more than the WFA.

Yes, but people love a good moan about getting extra money, too!

To be fair whenever my SP goes up my PP goes down and I pay more tax- so not exprecting it to make much of a difference...

I think you should speak to DWP change of circumstances. 2 years ago my pension was stopped. Long story short, on phoning DWP, they had mistakenly changed my address from England to somewhere in Wales in 2021. As I hadn’t responded to any letters they stopped the pension so of course I rang them. It took the intervention of my MP to sort it all out. So mistakes do happen. Don’t ignore lack of letters like I did.
Good luck

i got my letter last week but i had an email from hmrc about my tax code two weeks before that - quick off the msrk or what!
i'm on the old state pension so my rise won't benefit me much.
i'm waiting for a letter about my dla which will go up by the same percentage of my state pension but i've yet to hear from my occupational pension providers but it's early days for them.