There is just over a month left to check and fill any gaps in National Insurance (NI) records going back to 2006 to boost State Pension entitlement. As a minimum of 35 years of NI is needed to receive the full State Pension payment, anyone who thinks that they may have any gaps in their records should check their entitlement now so they can consider filling these before 5 April.
According to CIPDs Labour Market Outlook, one in four (25%) employers are planning to make redundancies in the three months to March 2025, another record high outside of 2020.