If you're retired and have income less than £218 a week as an individual, or £332 a week as a couple, you may be due £1,000s a year in Pension Credit. Plus, it then entitles you to a whole raft of ...

Pension credit is a means-tested benefit for those above state pension age with a low income. It tops up your income to help with everyday living costs, providing an average income boost of around ...

Pension credit has been thrust into the spotlight since claiming it is now one of the main ways to qualify for the winter fuel payment. It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of pensioners in ...

Pension Credit is set to rise by 4.1% from this April in a major boost for older Brits. This main part of Pension Credit is known as "Guarantee Credit" and it will increase to £227.10 per week ...

Pensions Minister Torsten Bell has shared a comprehensive list of help available for older people making a new claim for Pension Credit, which includes resources online, over the phone and even in ...

In the six months since Labour restricted the Winter Fuel Payment for pension-age Brits to just those claiming Pension Credit, more than 150,000 people signed up to the income-boosting benefit.

More than 1.4 million older people across Great Britain, including over 125,000 living in Scotland, are currently receiving Pension Credit, a gateway benefit that now provides an average of £ ...

More than 50,000 pension-age Brits have still not received their Winter Fuel Payment, despite getting their applications for Pension Credit in by a government-imposed deadline. Labour made the ...

Over 50,000 pensioners in Britain are still waiting for their Winter Fuel Payment despite submitting their Pension Credit applications before the government's deadline. Labour's decision to means ...

Labour is being warned that a niche new law being debated tomorrow could blow up the scheme to get older people signed up for pension credit. MPs will debate the Public Authorities (Fraud ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that nearly 78 per cent of all new claims for Pension Credit are processed - from initial application to award decision letter - within the ...

despite getting their applications for Pension Credit in by a government-imposed deadline. Labour made the decision to means-test the help with heating costs to just those claiming the benefit ...