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It may be different to the age you can get a workplace or personal pension. Use this tool to check: when you’ll reach State Pension age your Pension Credit qualifying age when you’ll be eligible for free bus travel The State Pension age is regularly reviewed, so the results of this tool may change in the future. You can read about the launch of the latest review of State Pension age. Start now Before you start You can keep working after you reach State Pension age. ‘Default retirement age’ (a forced retirement age of 65) no longer exists. Check your State Pension forecast to find out how much money you’ll get. This page is Part of Plan your retirement income: step by step Step 1: Check when you can retire You are currently viewing: Check what age you can get your State Pension Find out about working after you reach State Pension age Find out if you can retire early with your workplace or personal pension and Check how much pension you could get Find out how much State Pension you could get (your forecast) You may also be paying into a: workplace pension personal pension Find out if you’ll pay tax on your pension Find contact details for a lost pension Check how your pension is affected if you retire abroad Step 2: Increase your pension You might be able to increase the amount you get if you delay your pension. Find out about delaying your pension You might be able to pay voluntary contributions to fill in gaps in your National Insurance record (such as, from when you were not working or claiming benefits). Check if you can pay voluntary National Insurance contributions For advice about increasing your workplace or private pension, speak to a financial adviser. Find a financial adviser through Unbiased Step 3: Check what other financial support you could get Check what financial help you could get if you: are on a low income need help paying your rent need help paying your heating bill are claiming benefits and the weather is cold are disabled You can also get free bus travel if you: apply for a bus pass Step 4: Decide when to retire Get advice on planning your pension and deciding when to retire Is this page useful? Maybe Yes this page is useful No this page is not useful Thank you for your feedback Report a problem with this page Help us improve GOV.UK Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. This field is for robots only. Please leave blank What were you doing? What went wrong? 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