Warning thousands of over 65s could claim £4,200 just before State Pension age
A charity has urged those coming up to state pension age to make sure they claim a benefit that could be worth up to £4,200 a ...
Pension Credit rules older people need to know before booking any holidays abroad this year
Nearly 1.4 million people on Pension Credit should tell the DWP if they plan to leave mainland Britain for any reason.
UK pensioners eligible for £169 BBC TV licence refund before April price rise
You need a TV licence to watch or record live TV, or to watch anything on BBC iPlayer, even if it is on-demand - but if you're over 75 and claim Pension Credit, you can get a TV licence for free ...
DWP warns thousands of over-65s of benefit they could claim before State Pension age
These early claims for Pension Credit, as labelled by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), can be filed in advance of ...
DWP urges 1950s-born WASPI women to claim State Pension income boost worth over £4,000
From April 7, the Standard Minimum Guarantee (SMG) will rise by 4.1 per cent as part of the annual uprating exercise. This will see the SMG for a single pensioner rise to £227.10 per week and for a ...
HMRC says UK households can increase State Pension with one check
His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says UK households can increase their State Pension by making one important check.
The DWP benefits and payments only available to people over State Pension age
Meanwhile, some 8.8m retirees receive up to £678 each pay period through the Basic State Pension. It's crucial for those ...
State Pension payments to rise in April – check how much more you’ll be getting
MILLIONS of Scots receiving the State Pension will soon see a rise in their payments. The Department for Work and Pensions confirmed both State Pension and Pension Credit will rise from April ...
More than a million households could be eligible for free TV licence
But an estimated million or so households in the UK could be eligible for a free TV licence which, on top of the saving, also ...
When will YOU get the state pension? Use our tool to cut through the confusion and reveal exactly when you can retire
WE’RE all counting down the days to when we can finally put our feet up and retire – but how many years of slog do YOU have to go? Because of the way the state pension is calculated, ...
Why there’s an ethnic pension gap in the UK – and how the government could close it
Closing the ethnic pension gap (and the gender gap within it) is vital because the UK’s population is both ageing and ...
DWP issues update over £25 'direct' payments for people of State Pension age
In his response to the query, Work and Pensions minister Torsten Bell listed some of the help available for pensioners. He ...