On 19/11/2017 10:53, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Yellow wrote:

I'm talking about the basic pension that all will be getting.

Which is now £155 (plus the inflation increases since it was
introduced).

More ********. I'm an OAP and don't get anything like 155 per week.

Let's check that. Will you trust that The Guardian has no interest in
trying to overstate the value of the currently-awarded Retirement Pension?

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/nov/29/state-pension-to-rise-by-25-in-april-2017

QUOTE:
State pension to rise by 2.5% in April 2017
Weekly payments will increase from £155.65 to £159.55 while the old
state pension will rise to £122.30 from £119.30
ENDQUOTE

See? The rate being awarded for current new claims is now £159.55 a week.

The fact that you and I don't get as much as that (being on the "old"
scheme) doesn't change that.