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State pensioners born after 1951 will be given one more year of tax-free pension payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). State pensioners will get one more year of tax-free payments before facing HMRC bills - assuming they have no other income.

BBC and ITV star Martin Lewis explained via his MSE website: "The State Pension is set to rise 4.7% [now 4.8%] next April. We know this as it is 'triple locked' – i.e. it rises by the higher of 2.5% or inflation or the rise in average earnings.

"The key figure has just come in for earnings to July and it's likely to be the highest of the three, at 4.7% [now 4.8%]. So based on that, the FULL State Pension (for someone with all the qualifying National Insurance years) is set to rise from: NEW state pension: £230.25

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