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The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show there are now 13 million people of State Pension age across Great Britain, including 1.1m resident in Scotland. Of that total, 34 per cent are in receipt of the New State Pension while 66 per cent receive the Basic (Old) State Pension. ‌

Under the Triple Lock guarantee , the New and Basic State Pensions increase each year in-line with whichever is the highest between the average annual earnings growth from May to July, Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate in the year to September, or 2.5 per cent. ‌

However, additional elements of the State Pension, including deferred amounts , rise by the September CPI rate, something a former DWP employee warns is creating a ‘two-tier uprating system for pe

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