UK state pension age rise November 2026, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): The state pension age in the United Kingdom is rising from 66 to 67 over two years, but the change is being phased in by date of birth rather than taking effect for everyone at once. According to a Daily Express report, another group of people is affected this November.
People born between July 6, 1960 and August 5, 1960 will be able to receive their state pension at 66 years and 4 months, which falls in October and November 2026. Under the old rules, they would have been able to claim about four months earlier, in June or July.
Those born between August 6, 1960 and September 5, 1960 face a longer wait. They will reach pension age at 66 years and 5 months, which runs from December 2026 to January 2027, meaning they must wait past November even though they would previously have been claiming before that month.
The increase began on April 6, 2026 for people born in certain date ranges. The government says the Pensions Act 2014 brought forward the rise to 67, with the state pension age for men and women increasing to 67 between 2026 and 2028, and the phase-in is based on monthly birth date ranges starting in April 1960.
The report also says the government has announced an earlier-than-required review of the state pension age, because of pressure on public finances. The next increase to 68, currently due in the 2040s, could be brought forward depending on the outcome of that review.
