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By Levi Winchester The state pension is due to rise again from this April – but this money alone is unlikely to be enough money to afford you a comfortable lifestyle in retirement. The full new state pension – you’ll be on this if you reached state pension age before April 2016 – is currently worth £10,636.60 a year and will increase to £11,541.90 from April. This is the maximum amount you may be able to claim – some people will get less, as it all depends on your National Insurance record. But how much do you actually need to retire comfortably? One of the main indexes used to judge how much …

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