The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced new plans to continue encouraging more than 11 million people of State Pension age to check if they qualify for an annual income boost worth over £3,500.
In this year’s uprating letter, which is sent to every person of State Pension age advising them of the new payment rates from April, DWP is also including updated information on Pension Credit to encourage take-up of the benefit, which can be a passport to additional help with housing, heating and Council Tax.
Pension Credit can only be claimed by individuals and couples over State Pension age. In December, the DWP confirmed that it has no plans to change this policy to include mixed age couples, however, during the social security uprating debate in Parliament earlier this week, Labour MP Matt Rodda, pressed DWP about the policy.
