State Pension Age Explained

The state pension age is slowly creeping up and for some people you will get your state pension later than others.

Googling State Pension forecast will take you to the government forecasting tool and you can find out exactly when you’ll expect to get yours.
But a word of warning – originally the state pension was setup for people to take at age 70, even though average life expectancy was 65! Obviously, that’s no longer the case and the state pension has become very expensive as a result for the government (or the taxpayer, depending on how you view the world). As a result, they do tinker with state pension age to keep the bill affordable. So it is possible it could change in the future.