State Pension Retirement age is 66. There have been delays in getting initial claims for the State Retirement Pension paid. The government has said
'The Department is working hard to clear backlogs which have occurred by reason of the Covid Pandemic and staffing issues which have now been rectified.
Hundreds of additional staff are currently being redeployed.'
In the meantime, the government has also confirmed that Pensioner Benefits including the State Pension will rise by a double lock(either 2.5% or the inflation rate) rather than a triple lock(including average earnings) this year.
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