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State pension to rise £4.40 a week next year after as inflation creeps up just 0.5%

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The state pension is set to rise just £4.40 a week next year, in the smallest rise allowed by legislation. The increase means the ‘new’ basic state pension is set to rise from £175.20 to £179.60 a week - representing £228.80 a year.

The ‘old’ basic-rate state pension will rise by £3.40 a week from £134.25 to £137.65. The rise - representing 2.5% - will be confirmed later by the government, but is all but certain after inflation figures for September came in at just 0.5%.

Under current rules, pensions rise every year by the highest of prices, earnings or by 2.5%. With earnings hammered by coronavirus and prices creeping up just 0.5%, that means the 2.5% figure will be used to set pension in 2021.

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