Britons are being urged to check how much state pension they’re set to get before they retire, to avoid running the risk of a “nasty surprise”. More than a third of retirees did not get a state pension forecast before they retired, new research shows. A survey of more than 1,000 retired and semi-retired over 55s found four in 10 (38 per cent) had not checked their forecast. This increased to 40 per cent among those aged 55 to 64, meaning they had not yet reached state pension age, and 46 per cent who claimed to have retired earlier than they had expected. Among the almost two-thirds of retiree…
