State Pension rant

[spendorman]

Not much is said about the second state pension that "ended" in April 2016, but If one had earned contributions to that up to that date, you will still get benefit from this. It's called a protected payment. In my case, I became of pensionable age in May 2016, so get close to all my "second state pension" in the form of a "protected payment" every pension payment day, I chose weekly, not the more usual bi-weely or monthly payment dates.