State pensions

[lynbrown]

Just read an article about pensions going up in April. It said single pensioners would get a rise from �90 to �95 while couple would go from �145 to �150 per couple. ( All figures very rough guesses, I cant recall correct figures) But I get my own pension as does my husband and its about �90 each. Is this because I paid a stamp during my working life but some women never worked so they get a smaller pension?

[craft1948]

I get full state pension as I made sufficient contributions - my sister paid reduced NI after marrying so she gets about �2 a week from contributions made before she got married....

[Schutzengel]

Lyn. You have a full pension in your own right due to the fact that you paid the required number of years at the full stamp rate, just as if you were a single person. This will remain the same, and both you and your husband will continue to receive your individual pensions.

[hc4361]

Women who never worked and never paid NI contributions don't get a pension in their own right but their husbands get more money for them - the married couples pension.
As the others have already said, if you paid enough NI pension you get a pension in your own right.

[lynbrown]

Thanks all.

[alifbae]

To get all the details about the state pension better you go for this site.
http://insurance-plan-guide.blogspot.com