{"id":83599,"date":"2025-07-01T09:43:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=83599"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:43:56","slug":"will-the-state-pension-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/01\/will-the-state-pension-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the state pension survive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received this data from Hargreaves Lansdown, the financial advisor, in an email this morning:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><em>Only 17% of people think the state pension will still be using the triple lock by the time they retire.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This falls to 11% of 35\u201354-year-olds.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>22% think the state pension will still exist, but not with the triple lock.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>15% of people think it will be means-tested by the time they retire.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The remaining 46% either said they didn\u2019t think the state pension would exist by then or weren\u2019t sure.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Source: Survey of 1500 people carried out by Opinium on behalf of HL in April 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In light of the vote that is taking place today in the House of Commons on reducing benefits for people with disabilities, this gloomy opinion that people have on the future of the basic state old age pension seemed to be worth sharing.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-151\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What do you think about the future of the state old age pension?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-151-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>It will eventually be replaced by enforced private pension arrangements <small>(25%, 138 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 25%\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>It will be means tested for new pensioners <small>(20%, 112 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 20%\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>We will get a new politics and it will be improved <small>(16%, 92 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 16%\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>It will survive <small>(14%, 80 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 14%\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>It will be means tested for everyone <small>(13%, 73 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 13%\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>It will be frozen and be allowed to fade away <small>(12%, 65 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 12%\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center\">Total Voters: <strong>560<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_151_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"e657166389\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-151-loading\" class=\"wp-polls wp-polls-loading\"><span class=\"wp-polls-spinner\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Loading ...<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received this data from Hargreaves Lansdown, the financial advisor, in an email this morning: Only 17% of people think the state pension will still<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/01\/will-the-state-pension-survive\/\"><em> Read the full 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