This is the income which the state provides to people who have reached pension age.
And all parties agree the pension age has to go up.
What happens if you become ill - or die - before pension age?
It is important to consider the incomes of people over pension age.
Letters: I am 57 and have just learned my pension age will increase by two years, from 64 to 66.
No, but everyone will be affected by a rise in the normal pension age.
Raising the pension age for women to 65 by 2020.
Five million people would see an increase in their pension age.
For people over pension age on the other hand, not wanting a permanent job was the most common reason.
From 2008, the pension age has been lowered to 58 years.