The Latest Breaking News from State Pension

Struggling State Pension claimants hit with seven month warning

Pensioners received a real terms pay cut this year

Liverpool Echo · Sep 15, 2022

DWP benefits set to increase by record amount including Universal Credit

The Department for Work and Pensions is set boost benefits such as Universal Credit and disability payments by a record amount next year, with claimants potentially getting hundreds of pounds more

Glasgow Live · Sep 13, 2022

DWP rejects bid to increase State Pension and benefit payments ahead of uprating in April

They also responded to criticism of £20 Universal Credit uplift

Nottingham Post · Sep 12, 2022

DWP urged to change Universal Credit eligibility rules to help more people over 50 access benefits

A new report suggests an increase to the £16,000 savings limit could help people over 50 during the cost of living crisis.

Daily Record · Sep 9, 2022

DWP confirms extra resources in place to process new Pension Credit claims quickly

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners on State Pension are still continuing to miss out on extra financial support, that is worth an average of £3,300 every year.

Glasgow Live · Sep 8, 2022

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 · Sep 7, 2022

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 · Sep 6, 2022

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.

Edinburgh Live · Sep 6, 2022

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 · Sep 6, 2022

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 · Sep 6, 2022