Pension Increase

**Pete Dagnall** · 26-03-2015, 19:07

Anyone heard how much this year.

**Bob Bacon** · 26-03-2015, 20:25

Armed Forces Pensions will increase by 1.2 % from 6 April 2015.

https://forcespensionsociety.org/how-we-can-help-you/topical-pension-issues/

**Gwyn Nicholas** · 27-03-2015, 11:34

CPI was at 1.2 % September 2014 so that will be the increase to normal Army pensions. War pensions also increase by 1.2 %.

**Pete Dagnall** · 27-03-2015, 13:56

Cheers, time to start planning next holiday.

**keithwill38** · 27-03-2015, 14:29

Not so good as the one i had in my oap pension,that went up by £9.57 p/w

**Keith Jones 989** · 27-03-2015, 16:01

Originally Posted by keithwill38

Not so good as the one i had in my oap pension,that went up by £9.57 p/w

You sure Keith? Assuming the 2.5% triple lock on SP has been applied for the next annual uplift:

A 2.5% rise of GBP9.57 PER WEEK puts you on a state pension of over GBPK19.

A 2.5% rise of GBP9.57 PER MONTH puts you on a state pension of just under GBPK5, which is more likely.

PS - been scanning some YDG recently and came across some photos of a VERY young Drummer Will 38 from the 60s and 70s - I can pull them off and email them to you if you want to see how good looking you were in those days (not the whole journal, just the offending photos).

**nasher546** · 28-03-2015, 13:26

Every little helps!

**keithwill38** · 28-03-2015, 14:18

just checked again my oap pension 2014was £148.09, from the 9th April 2015 my oap pension will be £157.14,i did get it wrong but only by 52p, that total is my weekly pension,my pension also includes a contribution from my late wife,s NI contributions,i have inherited 60% of the pension my wife would have got and that also attracts the pension rise each year. Yes i would appreciate you emailing me those photographs if you need my email address which is a AOL one let me know,and still good looking tym