{"id":43770,"date":"2023-10-19T16:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T16:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/?p=43770"},"modified":"2023-10-19T16:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T16:19:04","slug":"state-pension-to-rise-by-8-5-but-retirees-still-rely-on-savings-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/world-news\/state-pension-to-rise-by-8-5-but-retirees-still-rely-on-savings-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"State pension to rise by 8.5% but retirees still rely on savings to survive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angela Rayner refuses to commit to state pensions triple lock<\/h3>\n

Experts are warning that pensioners are being forced to rely on their savings to survive the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n

State pension payments are set to be awarded an 8.5 percent payment rate increase next year as per the triple lock.<\/p>\n

If this were to be implemented, the full new state pension rise from \u00a3203.85 per week to around \u00a3221.20.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the basic state pension would jump from \u00a3156.20 per week to around \u00a3169.50 if the triple lock promise is kept.<\/p>\n

However, a new survey suggests that inflation-hiked rate increases to the state pension have not been beneficial to retirees who have been forced to use their savings to \u201ckeep their heads above water\u201d.<\/p>\n

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A recent survey conducted by Hargreaves Lansdown found that one in four people believe rising prices have forced them to eat into savings with one in 20 admitting it has forced them to empty their accounts.<\/p>\n

Those who are higher-rate taxpayers are much more likely to have spent some at 38 percent and slightly more likely to have spent all of their savings at seven percent.<\/p>\n

Around 15 percent of people have stopped paying into their savings accounts and one in 10 shared they needed to pay more in.<\/p>\n

This is primarily due to the cost of the emergencies they needed to cover getting more expensive too.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Coles, the head of personal finance at Hargreaves Lansdown, went into detail about what this survey data reveals about the plight of pensioners.<\/p>\n

She explained: \u201cRetired people are keeping their heads above water, with just 20 percent spending some of their savings and one percent spending it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis may be because they have fewer outgoings, or because the state pension rose 10.1 percent in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlternatively, they may be able to cut their costs more to stay within their budget.\u201d<\/p>\n