State Pensioners have a range of benefits and payment exclusive to them that could provide vital income boosts. There are now ...

Some 8.8m retirees are receiving up to £678 every pay period through the Basic State Pension. For anyone approaching the ...

Bereaved families are being “misled” by blundering civil servants into reimbursing pension payments wrongly sent to their ...

An error saw the DWP overpay more than £500 million of State Pension and Pension Credit payments into accounts.

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The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show there are now 12.9 million people claiming the State ...

The DWP has released the latest figures showing that there are now 12.9 million people claiming the State Pension ...

I have checked my National Insurance record and have found gaps when I received Universal Credit but not the NI credits for ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released a comprehensive list of uprated State Pension and benefit payments ...

Pension Credit tops up your weekly income to £218.15 if you’re single, or your joint weekly income to £332.95 if you have a partner - this will increase to £227.10 and £346.60 respectively ...

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From April 2025, a rise in benefits including Child Benefit and Universal Credit will come into effect. Here is a full list ...