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DWP could give people of State Pension age with back pain up to £369 each month

Nearly 1.4m people across the UK currently receive either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

BBC urged to look at how it uses ‘substantial’ TV licence fee income to support older people

The UK Government believes the TV licence fee for people aged over 75 ‘should be funded by the BBC’.

Daily Record

DWP confirm which women over State Pension age are due up to £9,500 in backdated payments

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has now estimated that it has underpaid at least 237,000 pensioners, in a whopping total cost of 1.46 billion pounds.

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How long PIP payments really last and maximum award length to expect for a long-term condition

No PIP claimant is given a lifetime payment award from the DWP.

Daily Record

DWP: 6 groups of women over State Pension age could be due payments worth up to £9,500

Around 237,000 people over State Pension age have been underpaid

Nottingham Post

Petition calling for cut in retirement age to 60 must get Government response

The petition already has over 61,000 signatures and is well on its way to being debated in Parliament

Wales Online

Six groups of women over State Pension age may be due up to £9,500 in backdated payments

The DWP now estimates it has underpaid 237,000 pensioners a total of £1.46 billion.

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New State Pension petition calls for £380 weekly payment for pensioners due response

The petition, which also is calling for the official age of retirement to revert back to 60-years-old, is due a response over the £380 weekly payment that is needed for those over 60.

Glasgow Live

DWP issues new Pension Credit update for older people making a claim this month

DWP estimates £1.7 billion is being left unclaimed by hundreds of thousands of State Pensioners across the UK.

Daily Record

New State Pension petition calling for £380 weekly payment for everyone over 60 due official response

The petition is also asking for the official age of retirement to go back to 60.

Daily Record

DWP introduce new way for people on State Pension to claim boost of more than £3,000

New claims for Pension Credit can be processed in as little as 40 days

Liverpool Echo

State Pension: Calls to increase aid to £380 each week and lower retirement age back to 60

It is argued that the rates are 'far too low'

Nottingham Post

New calls to increase State Pension to £380 each week and lower retirement age back to 60

The proposed weekly increase would give older people an annual income of £19,760.

Daily Record

New way for people on State Pension to claim annual income boost of more than £3,000

A new claim for Pension Credit could be processed in as little as 40 days.

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More women could be missing out on thousands of pounds in state pension payments

Mothers in retirement may be getting smaller state pensions that they should do because of errors with National Insurance credits, experts say, and some are getting backpayments

Daily Record

New State Pension underpayment campaign aims to help mothers across the UK fix DWP entitlement errors

Mothers across the country may be due a lump sum in arrears and an increase to their weekly State Pension payment.

Daily Record

Attendance Allowance myths which stop people of State Pension age claiming up to £92 each week

Successful claimants could receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks to help with additional living costs.

Daily Record

People claiming State Pension urged to check if they qualify for weekly top-up worth up to £182

New State Pension figures show 1.5 million older women are receiving less than £100 per week.

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DWP State Pension claimants issued warning as payments set to be £324 less than energy bills

Pensioners could be feel their standards of living drop dramatically as the state pension won't cover rising energy bills after Ofgem announced an 80 per cent rise on the price cap.

Daily Record

Older people with any of these health issues could be due up to £369 each month

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance will receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks.

Wales Online

State pension payments set to be £324 less than energy bills

The figures are worrying

Liverpool Echo

State pension horror as average energy bill £324 higher than payments from April

High energy bill costs means there will be nothing left for basic everyday costs, such as eating, council tax and water.

Daily Record

DWP urges family members to check if older relatives are due an income boost worth £3,300 each year

A new claim for Pension Credit could be processed in as little as 40 days.

Chronicle Live

Horror as State Pension could pay £324 less than average energy bill

By April next year, an energy consultancy predicts the average household gas and electricity bill could reach £7,700

Belfast Live

The benefit payments worth hundreds you could be claiming in NI as cost-of-living rises

Families should make sure they are claiming everything they are due

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