UK state pension age rise from 6 December 2026, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that a further rise in the state pension age is due in December. Under the DWP’s planned schedule, the state pension age will increase from 66 to 67, with the change introduced in phases affecting separate groups on a month-by-month basis.
The next group to be affected, now that November is underway, will be those born on or after 6 December 1960. Rather than receiving their State Pension upon turning 66, this group will have to wait until they reach 66 years and a specified number of months.
Those born between 6 November 1960 and 5 December 1960 will reach state pension age at 66 years and eight months. Those born between 6 December 1960 and 5 January 1961 will wait one month longer, reaching state pension age at 66 years and nine months.
The remaining three groups will be affected in the new year. Those born between 6 January 1961 and 5 February 1961 will reach state pension age at 66 years and 10 months.
Those with birthdays between 6 February 1961 and 5 March 1961 will reach it at 66 years and 11 months. The final group, born on or after 6 March 1961, will have a state pension age of 67.
The DWP said: “The Pensions Act 2014 brought the increase in the State Pension age from 66 to 67 forward by eight years. The State Pension age for men and women will now increase to 67 between 2026 and 2028.”
The department added: “The Government also changed the way in which the increase in State Pension age is phased so that rather than reaching State Pension age on a specific date, people born between 6 April 1960 and 5 March 1961 will reach their State Pension age at 66 years and the specified number of months.”
The DWP also noted: “For people born after 5 April 1969 but before 6 April 1977, under the Pensions Act 2007, State Pension age was already 67.”
