{"id":36304,"date":"2016-11-29T07:01:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T00:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/state-pension-to-rise-by-2-5-in-april-2017\/"},"modified":"2016-11-29T07:13:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T00:13:26","slug":"state-pension-to-rise-by-2-5-in-april-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/state-pension-to-rise-by-2-5-in-april-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"State pension to rise by 2.5% in April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWeekly payments will increase from \u00a3155.65 to \u00a3159.55 while the old state pension will rise to \u00a3122.30 from \u00a3119.30The government has confirmed state pension will rise by 2.5% in April 2017, as a report shows that the \u201ctriple lock\u201d promise on payments could push up the cost of providing the benefit by more than a third over the next three decades.From April, pensioners on the new flat rate pension will see their weekly payments increase to \u00a3159.55 from \u00a3155.65 currently, while the old state pension will rise to \u00a3122.30 from \u00a3119.30. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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