Older state pensioners handed bumper £1844.32 Tuesday AP payments in September.TA
EXCLUSIVE: Some older state pensioners can get a bumper £1844.32 paid out to them from the DWP in September.
Some older state pensioners will get more money this September (Image: Getty)
Some fortunate older state pensioners will have a bumper September with two lots of ‘Additional Pension’ (AP) payments from the DWP on top of their basic state pension amounts.
Those who retired before April 2016 are given less per week than new state pensioners in their basic weekly payments, but they are eligible for a range of Additional Pension payments that new post-2016 state pensioners are not.
Additional Pension is the umbrella term for a range of extra pension schemes which older state pensioners were able to make use of before the basic state pension was phased out and replaced in 2016 with the new state pension. AP includes schemes like State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) and Second State Pension.
Though it can no longer be claimed by state pensioners retiring now, those who took part in the schemes, usually through work, can still get AP payments from the DWP every week.
The maximum AP payment is capped at £230.54 per week from April 2026 – on top of the normal basic pension amount. Though state pension figures are often reported as weekly figures, the DWP state pension payments are actually paid every four weeks.
That means that for every four-week period, older state pensioners can get up to get up to £922.16 from their state pension AP payments.
Exactly when you’re paid depends on the last two digits of your National Insurance number.
According to the DWP, those whose NI number ends in digits between 20 to 39 are normally paid on Tuesdays. And because September has five Tuesdays, certain state pensioners with these National Insurance numbers could paid their state pension AP payments twice in September 2026 – for a total maximum of £1,844.32 in September, on top of their basic pension payments.
Consumer magazine Which? explains: “Before 2002, you could only contribute to the additional state pension (then known as the state earnings-related pension scheme, or Serps) if you were employed.
“However, under the state second pension scheme, which ran from 2002 to 2016, you could contribute through your National Insurance contributions if you were:
- an employee earning at least £113 a week
- caring for one or more children under 12 and claiming child benefit
- claiming carer’s credit
- claiming certain disability-related benefits.”
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It adds: “There is no fixed amount for the additional state pension.
“The amount of additional state pension you’ll get depends on how many years you paid National Insurance for, how much you earned and whether you contracted out of the scheme.
“The maximum additional state pension you can get in 2026-27 is £230.54 a week (not including state pension top-up).”
Unfortunately, these AP payments are not exempt from tax and will not be given a special exepmtion in future, as revealed exclusively by the Express.
Migrant taxi boat arrives at popular beach before nine men jump off and wade ashore
Children were playing a stone’s throw away as the migrants, who had travelled on a boat, arrived on the popular beach.
Spain: Migrant boat arrives at popular beach in Níjar
Sunseekers were left stunned as a group of migrants waded ashore at an idyllic beach in Spain. Shocking footage shows the nine men jumping from a ‘taxi boat’ yards from the shore, before making their way through the shallow waters and onto the beach while children play nearby.
The scenes were reportedly filmed at Playa de San José in Níjar, south-east Spain, on Saturday (September 6). The beach is in the heart of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. The coastline of Níjar, in Almería Province, is a popular arrival point for boats travelling from North Africa.
Children were playing nearby as the migrants made their way off a ‘taxi beach’ (Image: Jam Press)
Nine migrants got off the ‘taxi boat’ at Playa de San José in Níjar, south-east Spain (Image: Jam Press)
The incident came just a week after Spanish authorities rescued nine Algerian men from a boat around 41 miles off the coast.
The vessel departed from Oran, north-west Algeria, and had been adrift for 38 hours, according to reports.
Anger over illegal immigration reached a high point in Britain over the weekend.
The migrants reportedly arrived at the beach in south-east Spain on Saturday (September 6) (Image: Jam Press)
Crowds of masked men blocked road access to the Port of Dover in a “stop the boats” protest on Saturday.
This was followed by official vehicles being damaged and a handful of police officers being injured in a tense stand-off with anti-migrant protesters overnight on Sunday in Portsmouth.
Almería Province remains the main point of irregular entry along the Andalusian coastline.
Although figures for 2026 show a decline compared with the previous year, migrant landings and rescues have continued week after week.
During August, boats carrying more than 150 people in total reached or were intercepted along the Almería coast.
Local media reports that western Almería has also become a hotspot for an illegal trade in fake documents linked to immigration procedures.
Criminal networks are allegedly helping migrants obtain legal status using fake address registrations, sham rental agreements and bogus jobs.
Nearby towns including Roquetas de Mar, El Ejido and Vícar have reportedly become hubs for the trade.
Police investigations have uncovered hundreds of allegedly fraudulent documents and registrations.
In Roquetas de Mar, Operation “Tabula Rasa” led to 18 arrests and uncovered 188 fraudulent address registrations.
