Your pension will increase on the Monday following each 6th April, the start of the new tax year, to help it keep in line with the cost of living. It is based on a measure of inflation called the Consumer Price Index (CPI), at the previous September.
The pensions increase for April 2026 is 3.80%.
You will only receive the full increase if you stopped paying pension contributions on or before 21st April 2025. If you stopped after this date, the increase on your pension will be lower. See the table below:
| Date stopped paying pension contributions: | % |
|---|
| 23rd March 2025 to 21st April 2025 |
3.80% |
| 22nd April 2025 to 21st May 2025 |
3.48% |
| 22nd May 2025 to 21st June 2025 |
3.17% |
| 22nd June 2025 to 21st July 2025 |
2.85% |
| 22nd July 2025 to 21st August 2025 |
2.53% |
| 22nd August 2025 to 21st September 2025 |
2.22% |
| 22nd September 2025 to 21st October 2025 |
1.90% |
| 22nd October 2025 to 21st November 2025 |
1.58% |
| 22nd November 2025 to 21st December 2025 |
1.27% |
| 22nd December 2025 to 21st January 2026 |
0.95% |
| 22nd January 2026 to 21st February 2026 |
0.63% |
| 22nd February 2026 to 21st March 2026 |
0.32% |