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Department for Work and Pensions is to write to 11 million in 2023 to highlight the benefit which is aimed at the poorest

A successful claim for Pension Credit could also qualify for the £900 means-tested cost of living payment due in 2023/24.

The average Pension Credit award is worth over £3,500 a year, and people have just a week left to claim this benefit, or risk missing out on an extra cost of living payment.

A warning has been issued as just 10 days are left with Minister for Pensions, Laura Trott, urging pensioners to check if they qualify for the Pension Credit cash boost as the cost of living crisis continues.

The average Pension Credit award is worth over £3,500 a year, and those who claim by December 18 could also be entitled to an extra £324 cost of living payment.

People are being urged to check and see if they are eligible

Successful new claims for Pension Credit received by December 18 will qualify for the £324 cost of living payment.

Older people claiming Pension Credit will receive the second cost of living payment this month.

The DWP also said it would be ‘inappropriate’ to meet with a delegation from the WASPI campaign to discuss a way forward.

There was glory at Eton Dorney and at the Velodrome before an electric night in the Olympic Stadium.

The five-time Olympic champion has endured a traumatic period since the Tokyo Games last summer, suffering a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.