State Pension

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DWP confirms no plans to review Pension Credit eligibility rules for ... (Scottish Daily Record)

Since May 2019, both members of a couple need to have reached State Pension age to qualify for the £3500 income boost.

You can start your application up to four months before you reach State Pension age. The Pension Credit calculator then displays how much benefit you could receive each week. Before this DWP change, a mixed age couple could be eligible to claim the more generous State Pension age benefits when just one of them reached State Pension age. Try the It will also include updated information on Pension Credit to encourage take-up of the benefit, which can be a passport to additional help with housing, heating and Council Tax. We also have details on the handy You cannot use the calculator if you or your partner: The response came after SNP MP Peter Grant asked DWP whether an assessment of the “potential merits” of changing the eligibility criteria for Pension Credit, specifically around mixed age couples, had been considered. It is not intended to support people of working age. How to use the Pension Credit calculator - Housing Benefit if you rent the property you live in [online Pension Credit calculator](https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator) which can quickly indicate if your claim may be successful and how much you might get.

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War veteran, 98, set to lose £41000 in state pension payments after ... (Mirror.co.uk)

In the Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed there will be a 10.1% rise to the state pension from April 2023 however, nearly half a million ...

The issue was recently addressed by a Canadian member of parliament Matt Jeneroux, in the House of Commons of Canada. “We understand that people move abroad for many reasons and that this can impact on their finances. This indefensible policy leaves pensioners to face poverty and financial hardship. Currently, Anne receives a pitiful £72.50 per week despite her making the maximum amount of pension contributions. [DWP](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/department-for-work-and-pensions) ) spokesperson said: “The Government’s policy on the up-rating of the UK State Pension for recipients living overseas is a longstanding one of more than 70 years and we continue to uprate state pensions overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so. Ian Andexser, director of the International Consortium of British Pensioners, explained how of course, the rise in state pension was “welcome“ but it was “greatly disappointing” that the UK Government was continuing to exclude some state pensioners and that the current policy was “indefensible”. Anne added: “After campaigning for the end of this policy for many years, it saddens me greatly that the UK Government continues to ignore mine, and others, pleas to put a stop to this cruel policy. “I wish for the UK Government to treat us the same as it treats those who were lucky enough to pick countries to retire in which are unaffected by this postcode lottery” However, the UK Government has yet to engage with the Canadian Government on the matter. Anne has campaigned against the Government’s frozen pension policy for years and her recent call received the backing of over 60 MPs and Peers who signed an open letter to the Government calling for the to end its policy and to work with affected countries. According to figures calculated by End Frozen Pensions, a campaign group fighting to have the policy changed, since 2001, Anne will have lost a total of £41,091 in pension payments. [Canada](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/canada) in 2001 at the age of 76 to be closer to her family.

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