State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the planned increase to the basic State Pension will apply to additional pension payments.
Answered by Torsten Bell
Subject to Parliamentary approval, the basic State Pension will increase by 4.8% in April 2026, in line with the increase in average earnings in the year to May-July 2025. The additional State Pension will increase by 3.8% in line with the increase in the consumer prices index in the year to September 2025.
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