The CPI index for the year up to September 2022 was 10.1%, therefore an increase of 10.1% will apply to pensions in payment from 10 April 2023.
As outlined in legislation, the Pensions Increase to be applied each April is to be based on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) for the previous September. CPI for September was announced as 10.1% and while it is expected pensions will increase in line with this, it is not guaranteed.
Since 2010, the state pension has increased in line with the triple lock commitment. This was suspended in 2022 but brought back in 2023 – much to the relief of pensioners.
Pensions increase 2022
The increase is based on the September to September adjustment to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). The CPI index for the year up to September 2021 was 3.1%.
Chancellor confirms triple-lock 10.1% increase in State Pensions from April 2023.
The CPI index for the year up to September 2022 was 10.1%, therefore an increase of 10.1% will apply to pensions in payment from 10 April 2023.
Lower-income pensioners who claim pension credit will receive the money in addition to the £650 support for those on benefits. This means a small group of pensioners with disabilities will receive a total of £1,500.
As an LGPS member, you build up a pension that will increase in line with the cost of living for the rest of your life after you take it. You can exchange part of your pension for a tax-free lump sum that is paid when you take your benefits.
The market value of LGPS funds at end of March 2022 was £364.0 billion, an increase of £26.9 billion or 8.0%. There were 94,724 retirements from the LGPS in 2021-22, an increase of 11,788 or 14.2% compared with 2020-21.
Assuming that the September inflation measure continues to set the following year's pension increase order, LGPS benefits will increase by 10.1% from April 2023.
From 20 September 2022 the maximum full Age Pension increases $38.90 per fortnight for a single person, and $58.80 a fortnight for a couple.
Pension increase. 2022's 3.1% increase to pensions is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on 30 September in the previous year.
In the Autumn Statement given back in November, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reinstated the triple lock, meaning the state pension will rise to match inflation - to 10.1 percent in April 2023.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today announced more detail on the payment schedule for the next round of cost of living support unveiled in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, building on payments made to over eight million people in 2022.
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Public service pensions in payment are increased each April in line with prices, measured according to the annual increase in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) to September of the previous year.
Pension members to receive up to 5.3% increase
The movement in the CPI (All Groups Sydney Index) from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2022 was 5.3%.
The increase is based on the September to September adjustment to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). The CPI index for the year up to September 2021 was 3.1%. This means active pension accounts, deferred pensions and pensions in payment in the LGPS increase by 3.1% in April 2022.
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased by 10.1 per cent in the 12 months to September 2022, meaning that pensioners would be in store for a record increase under the state pension triple lock.
For membership built up between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2014 you receive a pension of 1/60th of your final pay as a pension. For membership before 1 April 2008, you receive a pension of 1/80th of your final pay plus an automatic lump sum of three times your pension.
Council pension funds have said they are not at risk following market turbulence that led to fears some pension schemes could collapse.
As a member of the LGPS, you receive tax relief on the contributions that you pay. You also have the option to exchange part of your pension for tax-free cash when you take it.
Most people on a weekly social welfare payment will get a double payment in the week beginning 17 October 2022.
Chancellor announces £300 fuel payment for pensioners and £400 energy discount for all households. Britons aged 65 and over are to be given an extra £300 winter fuel payment as part of the Chancellor's cost of living rescue package.
The £300 payment will be made on top of Winter Fuel payments, which in late 2022 were made to nearly every pensioner who turned 66 born before September 26, 2022. In winter 2023/2024, the Winter Fuel and Cost of Living Payments are expected to be made to those who reach the state pension age before September 25, 2023.