Despite being worth up to £4,000 a year, the take-up of pension credit has hovered between 61 and 66 per cent for a decade, ...

It has two parts. Guarantee Credit, which ensures you have at least a minimum weekly income (about £218 for a single person ...

MPs have urged the Government to overhaul the benefit - worth up to £4,000 a year for the poorest pensioners - to open it up ...

Could you confirm my pension contributions are deductible? Do you know if they deduct just the amount I pay in, or the full ...

The Government should consider a 'taper' to mitigate the impact on older people who just miss out, says the cross-party work ...

THOUSANDS of families on Universal Credit can make the most of 10 cheap and free rainy days out this week. Drizzly weather doesn’t have to mean staying indoors at home all day with the kids ...

MILLIONS receiving benefits are in line for one-off boosts to help ease the pain on budgets at certain pressure points over ...

Here's what you need to know about applying for pension credit, how much you'll get, and how to apply. Former carer Elaine Yates, 75, from Northamptonshire, said she keeps her heating set to a ...

Pension Credit, worth an average of £4,200 a year, is designed to top up the income of low-income pensioners, helping them achieve a more comfortable standard of living. The benefit is available ...

North American pension-fund investment in private-market loans reached an eight-year high in 2022, even as banks pulled back on lending and default rates inched upward. The average share of these ...

Pension credit is an additional benefit paid to those on the lowest incomes to help them survive, and these people will still get the winter fuel payment. But pension credit has an “unacceptably low ...

Pension credit claims can be backdated by up to three months if you have already passed the state pension age. Call the pension credit claim line on 0800 99 1234 (textphone: 0800 169 0133).