She also hinted at reforming the Pension Credit application process, telling MPs: “ People don’t want to claim, they feel a ...

Yet, up to £1.5 billion of pension credit is unclaimed by up to 800,000 eligible households. Here's how to check if you qualify and how to claim. It's a national tragedy that close to one million ...

THOUSANDS of older Scots could be missing out on a payout worth almost £4,000 from the Department of Work and Pensions every ...

This means they cannot claim Pension Credit or pension age Housing Benefit until they are both State Pension age. Before this DWP change, a mixed age couple could be eligible to claim the more ...

Pension Credit can be backdated by three months - so if you apply by November 11, you can still receive the Warm Home ...

DWP figures show a sharp uptick in the number of Pension Credit claims following Rachel Reeves's decision to narrow ...

You may also be entitled to the Winter Fuel Payment, the Warm House Discount, social tariffs, cheaper broadband, free TV ...

"A lot more people are eligible for pension credit than actually claim for it," Ms Sear said. Meanwhile, Citizens Advice Gateshead's chief executive Alison Dunn said many pensioners were still not ...

Emma Warden, from the Money Matters team at Incommunities, said: “There are more than 800,000 people across the country in receipt of a lower income who are eligible to claim Pension Credit but ...

THERE are five simple ways you could boost your State Pension payments by thousands of pounds. Almost half of those receiving ...

EX-CONSTRUCTION worker Richard Holden had been chasing the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to approve his pension credit claim for almost a year when The Sun stepped in to help him. The ...

Alternatively, pensioners can contact the Pension Credit helpline directly to make a claim on 0800 99 1234 - lines are open 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. New claims submitted to the DWP by ...