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Understanding the State Pension part one: how National Insurance builds up State Pension

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This blog will just focus on how NI payments help you build up your State Pension. I hope it will give you a better idea of how the system works.

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This is an official blog from the Department for Work and Pensions.

There are three big pension revolutions happening – the new State Pension, Automatic Enrolment and the tax Freedoms.

This blog aims to help you understand what the changes mean for you.

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