State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
(asked on 9th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
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.
This question was answered on 16th December 2025
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.