Citizens' Advice Gateshead has encouraged pensioners to check their eligibility for benefits, after a 72% increase in ...

The benefit cap sees the amount of money a household receives reduced to ensure claimants do not get more than the cap limit ...

If my own mum didn’t have myself and our family to help her clear these bureaucratic hurdles, there’s no way she could have ...

On 10 September 2024 348 MPs (overwhelmingly Labour MPs) voted through regulations to cut the winter fuel allowance for all pensioners except those in receipt of means-tested benefits such as pension ...

Yvonne Bailey, 79, waited six years for pension credit after she was mistakenly told that she was not eligible by both the ...

After replacing its pension plan with a cash-balance plan last year, IBM has now completed a PRT, transferring $6 billion in ...

Seven out of 10 disabled pensioners will lose their winter fuel payment owing to Rachel Reeves’ cuts, documents have revealed ...

Thousands will be left in fuel poverty by the move – and pension rises won’t kick in until after the worst of the cold weather.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it has received 38,500 pension credit claims in the last five weeks. Households are being urged to apply for pension credit to get the winter ...

Close to 40,000 people have signed up for pension credit in the weeks since the government announced it would be a prerequisite for claiming the winter fuel payment. Prime Minister Sir Keir ...

Close to 40,000 people have signed up for pension credit in the weeks since the government announced it would be a prerequisite for claiming the winter fuel payment. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ...

Thousands of people have rushed to claim pension credit in the weeks since the Government announced it would limit the winter fuel payment to those on the benefit, new figures have shown.