She said: “After I went through all of our finances with my adviser, I learnt that after paying all of our essential bills, even before repaying any of our debts, we had just £13 left at the end of ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that nearly 78 per cent of all new claims for Pension Credit are processed ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the time it takes to process new Pension Credit claims - from ...

People who claim benefits like Universal Credit and Pension Credit are being warned they could face payment cuts between 5% ...

A former Department for Work and Pensions employee with over 42 years of experience has received a response from the UK ...

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 £ ...

Criteria to obtain Pension Credit include residency in England, Scotland, or Wales and having reached State Pension age.

The council has reached out to these individuals, and many have now successfully started claiming Pension Credit ...

“It is clear [the DWP] are struggling to handle the influx of enquires sparked by the UK Government’s decision to tie the Winter Fuel Payment to Pension Credit. There is a real person behind ...

Only those in receipt of a means-tested benefit such as Pension Credit will qualify for the annual heating bill help, worth between £200 and £300. While it may be too late to qualify for the ...

Pension Credit is to increase from April, helping 1.4million of the poorest pensioners, but it is still one of the most underclaimed benefits ...