Everyone born in these years will be blocked from accessing their state pension for another 12 months.

The state pension, which is now paying £221.20 per week, is automatically paid to anyone over the age of 66, which is the age people become eligible to start drawing their state pension.

And assuming that you have a complete National Insurance record – ie about 35 years of contributions – you will be given the full state pension amount each week.

But a change to state pension eligibility will…