New Year payment date changes for everyone on State Pension and Pension Credit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : New Year payment date changes: Tuesday, December 31 (New Year's Eve) - State Pension, Pension Credit and all other benefits paid as normal Wednesday, January 1 (New Year's Day) - State Pension, Pension Credit and all other benefits will go in a day earlier on December 31 Thursday, January 2 - In Scotland only, State Pension, Pension Credit and most other benefits will go in two days earlier on December 31 except for Universal Credit which will go in as normal on January 2.
62% : The next big change for older people will be the benefits uprating in April, when State Pension and the guarantee credit element of Pension Credit will go up by 4.1 per cent and all other benefits and components by 1.7 per cent.
56% : Anyone whose State Pension or Pension Credit is due on Tuesday, December 31, will still get it on that day.
54% : State Pension is normally paid every four weeks and a similar payment cycle applies to Pension Credit.

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