When you can take money from your pension pot will depend on your pension scheme's rules, but it's usually after you're 55. The earliest age you can take your pension will increase from age 55 to 57 from 6 April 2028.This will apply to flexible retirement too. Under the FRS Pension Plan, early retirement can be taken instead of normal retirement if you are vested and within 20 years of your normal retirement age. I plan on retiring in June. What do I have to do and when? If you retire early, or stop work due to redundancy, ill-health or other reasons, your State Pension and other pensions you're entitled to may be affected. Early Retirement and Disability Retirement: Those enrolled in the FRS pension plan are able to retiree early or retire based on disability. You can currently retire from the Scheme as early as age 55, although the government has announced that this will increase to age 57 from 2028. If your parents are separated or divorced, each parent should fill out the calculator with their own information.