State pensioners are currently receiving letters from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirming their new payment rates.
State pensioners are rushing to check whether “everyone” else has received a letter they’re waking up to this week. State pensioners are currently receiving letters from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) confirming their new payment rates.
In a Facebook post to a cost of living group, one person recently shared: “Has everyone now received a letter stating what their new State Pension will be, as I have not yet received mine?”
The post received over 20 comments from others sharing that they also were still waiting for theirs. State pension recipients were expected to receive official notification letters outlining the recent increase in their payments ahead of the scheduled rise on April 7.
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However, given the sheer volume of individuals affected—amounting to millions of pensioners across the UK—it is likely that some of these letters experienced slight delays in delivery.
While the goal was to ensure that all recipients were informed in advance, the scale of the mailing operation means that a small portion of pensioners may have received their correspondence after the change had already come into effect.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required to review the level of benefits and State Pensions each year. This briefing sets out the main benefit, pension and tax credit rates that have been announced for the 2025/26 financial year.
Inflation-linked benefits and tax credits will rise by 1.7% from April 2025, in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate of inflation in September 2024. The basic and new State Pensions will be uprated by 4.1% from April 2025, in line with the annual increase in the Average Weekly Earnings index for May–July 2024.
The new rates include £230.25 per week for the new State Pension (for those reaching State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016) – up from £221.20 in 2024/25.
And they include £176.45 per week for the basic State Pension (the core amount in the old State Pension system) – up from £169.50 in 2024/25.
