State Pensioners could be missing out on a £400 cash boost. The extra cash, for those eligible, could be particularly welcome as an additional half a million older people are expected to fall into the tax net following a freeze on the standard Personal Tax Allowance threshold (at £12,570) and the uprating of State Pensions for the new financial year starting on April 6.
According to one report, millions of older people are missing out on additional cash that they are entitled to through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) because they don't realise they are eligible. This additional benefit is Attendance Allowance.
Following the chancellor's announcement in the Autumn budget, Attendance Allowance is going up from April in line with September's inflation rate of 10.1 percent meaning state pensioners on the higher rate will get over £400 a month.
