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08.06.2023 - 13:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Retirement may be a while off for some people or just around the corner for others, but pensions expert Helen Morrissey, is urging everyone to give some serious thought to deferring making a claim for State Pension, as it could boost their annual later-life income by more than £600.
Deferring your State Pension, means not claiming it when you reach the official age of retirement and could boost payments of the New State Pension when you do decide to claim it. However, it’s important to note that any extra payments you get from deferring could be taxed.
The State Pension age is now 66 for men and women, but is set to rise to 67 between 2026 and 2028 under current UK Government plans. The full Basic State Pension is now £156.20 for a single person and £249.80 per week for a couple while the full New State Pension for people retiring after 2016 is £203.85 per week.
There are 12.6million people claiming their State Pension across Great Britain, including more than one million in Scotland. The vast majority of people will rely on this contributory benefit to boost retirement income along with private or workplace pensions.
You can increase the amount of State Pension you will receive by filling any gaps in your National Insurance record. You need at least 10 years for any State Pension payment and around 35 years for the full amount, although this may be more for people who were ‘contracted out’ - find out more on GOV.UK here.
Ms Morrissey said: “When the then Prince Charles celebrated his 65th birthday he became a ‘pension-heir’ able to claim his State Pension. Few of us are wealthy enough to be able to afford to donate our State Pension to charity but if you are like the King and still working and don’t need the money
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An estimated 700,000 people are due to retire over the 2023/24 financial year and join the 12.6million already in receipt of their State Pension payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Some 2.9m people claiming the New State Pension are now receiving regular payments of up to £203.85 each week, and as the contributory benefit is usually paid every four weeks, this amounts to £815.40 per pay period.
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Young Prince William and Prince Harry were seen with their father, King Charles, in a sweet throwback snap shared by the Royal Family to celebrate Father's Day on Sunday.The Princes are in their early teens in the photograph, which looks like it could have been taken at Balmoral, the Royals' Scottish estate, frequented yearly by them over the past century or more. King Charles – then Prince Charles – could be seen donning a kilt, which is traditional Scottish dress, with a green jumper, socks and a sporran.
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large We still don’t know when the Daytime Emmys will take place — the kudocast was delayed this month in the wake of the WGA writers strike — but when it does, we do know that daytime icons Susan Lucci and Maury Povich will be honored. Lucci, who famously spent years waiting to finally win a Daytime Emmy (for her long-time starring role on “All My Children”) and talk show host Povich, who recently hung up the microphone after years of paternity test reveals, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which administers the Daytime Emmys, announced the honors on Friday.
Actor in a Drama Series increased from 94 last year to 102 this year, and Emmy rules say that gender-divided categories should have parity in the number of nominees, which will keep the guest actress category at six.Overall, more than half the categories that are shrinking in size this year are specifically devoted to comedy – and others, including Character Voice-Over Performance and Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half Hour) and Animation, are dominated by comedic shows.Other categories that are slated to shrink include Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program, both of which are dropping from six nomination slots to five, as well as Main Title Design, Music Supervision and Original Music and Lyrics.Only a handful of categories are in line to grow in size, including Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Scripted Variety Series (which has different qualifying requirements this year) and Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.Overall, more than half the Emmys’ 120 categories had fewer entries than they did last year, while only 30 had more entries. But in most cases, the change in the number of entries was not enough to trigger a change in the number of nominees.(Note: While the Emmy rules set the number of nominees by the number of contenders, several categories each year will end up with more or fewer nominees because of ties.)The result of this year’s submissions will make some of the comedy races even more competitive than they already were.
The UK Government has announced that taxpayers now have until April 5, 2025 to fill gaps in their National Insurance (NI) record from April 2006 that may increase their State Pension - an extension of nearly two years on the July 31 deadline.
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