State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for around 12.4 million people across the UK.
The official age of retirement in the UK is 66. Your State Pension age is the same as your Pension Credit age unless you are a man born before December 6, 1953.
For anyone approaching the official age of retirement, it is worth being aware that your age may affect which benefits you can claim in later life because when you reach State Pension age or Pension Credit age you can start claiming some benefits while others will stop, the Daily Record reports.
