State pension payments will rise to an average of £124 a week, an increase of £6 from last year, the government has said.
The basic state pension will increase from £102.15 to £107.45 a week from today and will equate to about 17% of average earnings. The government said it is spending an extra £4.5bn on pensioners...
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