# State pension age set to increase to 68 on this exact date

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/state-pension-age-set-to-increase-to-68-on-this-exact-date/
- Published: 2026-11-05T19:06:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T19:21:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2263701/state-pension-age-set-increase
- Topics: World

## Key points

- State Pension age is scheduled to reach 68 between 2044 and 2046.
- The first affected people are due to reach it on 6 May 2044.
- The rise from 66 to 67 is due to finish by April 2028.

## Summary

The Government’s current timetable will raise the State Pension age to 68 between 2044 and 2046, meaning affected people will have to wait an extra year compared with claiming at 67. The change matters to people planning their retirement, although discussions about bringing it forward would require a change in the law and the existing timetable remains in place.

The first people affected are due to reach State Pension age on 6 May 2044; they include people born between 6 April and 5 May 1977. The age is already rising from 66 to 67, a process due to finish by April 2028. The amount paid depends on a person’s National Insurance record, and a free Government calculator can check an individual’s State Pension age.

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