Original Research · Updated 2026-06-17
Original UK pension data research from the PlainPension editorial team. Every page is rendered server-side from a live SELECT against the portal database — no numbers are hardcoded.
Every full New State Pension and basic State Pension rate held in the PlainPension database, by tax year, with the triple-lock uprate applied each April. Live SSR query against the state_pension_rates table.
Every UK pension wrapper PlainPension covers — State, Workplace DC, Workplace DB, SIPP, Stakeholder — with annual allowance, min access age, tax-free lump sum, employer match, and FSCS protection. Live SSR query against pension_wrappers.
Live SSR comparison: cost of buying one extra qualifying NI year via Class 3 voluntary contributions, against the 1/35th additional State Pension income that year unlocks. Year-by-year break-even analysis from the ni_qualifying_years and state_pension_rates tables.
For our full source-to-publication chain see the methodology page. Editorial team: PlainPension Editorial.