The qualifying age for State Pension payments will rise as outlined below:

Qualifying Age for State
Pension

Any date before 31 December 1948
65 years

1 January 1949 – 31 December 1954
66 years

1 January 1955 – 31 December 1960
67 years

1 January 1961 – present
68 years

A system of social insurance credits towards the State Pension has been proposed to compensate [...]