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 2025 is 1.70%.
You will only receive the full increase if you stopped paying pension contributions on or before 22nd April 2024. If you stopped after this date, the increase on your pension will be lower. See the table below:
| Date stopped paying pension contributions: | % |
|---|
| 24th March 2024 to 22nd April 2024 |
1.70% |
| 23rd April 2024 to 22nd May 2024 |
1.56% |
| 23rd May 2024 to 22nd June 2024 |
1.42% |
| 23rd June 2024 to 22nd July 2024 |
1.28% |
| 23rd July 2024 to 22nd August 2024 |
1.13% |
| 23rd August 2024 to 22nd September 2024 |
0.99% |
| 23rd September 2024 to 22nd October 2024 |
0.85% |
| 23rd October 2024 to 22nd November 2024 |
0.71% |
| 23rd November 2024 to 22nd December 2024 |
0.57% |
| 23rd December 2024 to 22nd January 2025 |
0.43% |
| 23rd January 2025 to 22nd February 2025 |
0.28% |
| 23rd February 2025 to 22nd March 2025 |
0.14% |