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When the time is right for you to take your pension savings, you have some choices to make. Find out more about how and when you can take your pension savings here.

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When can I take my pension savings? >
What are my options for taking my pension savings from the Plan? >
Can I continue to pay into a pension after I’ve started to take money from my Plan pension? >

At a glance...

  • Currently you can take your Plan pension savings anytime from age 55. But the minimum age that you can take your pension savings will rise to age 57 from 6 April 2028.
  • You can use your pension savings to do one of the following (or a combination of all three):
  1. Keep your pension savings invested and take money out as and when you need to (known as ‘income drawdown’ or ‘flexible access drawdown’)
  2. Buy a guaranteed income (known as an ‘annuity’).
  3. Take it as cash.
  • Most people have the option to take up to 25% of their pension savings as a tax-free cash sum (up to a maximum of £268,275). The rest of your savings will be taxed as income.

> When can I take my pension savings?

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> What are my options for taking my pension savings from the Plan?

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Keep your pension savings invested and take money out as and when you need to

(‘Income drawdown’ or ‘flexible access drawdown’)

Buy a guaranteed income

(An 'annuity’)

Take all (or some) as cash

(Cash)

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Find out more about how you can take your pension savings >

> Can I continue to pay into a pension after I’ve started to take money from my Plan pension?

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