Pension Credit
TV licence fee to rise from April
The cost of an annual standard colour TV licence will rise to £157.50 from 1 April 2020 – an increase of £3
3 February 2020
BBC to end free TV licences for over-75s unless they get pension credit – yet 1.3m eligible households don’t claim it
Free TV licences will only be available for over-75s who receive the pension credit benefit from next June
10 June 2019
New pension credit rules could cost some with younger partners £7,000 a year
Pensioners who live in a couple will only be able to make a new claim for pension credit when both partners are over the state pension age, under new rules to come into effect in May
15 January 2019
Over £10 billion of benefits left unclaimed
Government figures released today show that up to an estimated £10.1 billion of pension credit, housing benefit and income support were left unclaimed in a single year
15 November 2018
Autumn Statement 2016: Pensions freedoms loophole tightened
Older savers who carry on putting money in a pension after withdrawing cash from it face new curbs
23 November 2016
20 nifty over-50s MoneySaving tips
Are you missing out on pension credit worth £35 a week? This, and many other over-50s MoneySaving tips
8 June 2016
Women's state pension changes petition smashes 100,000 signatures – and may now get second parliamentary debate
Petition on women's state pension changes smashes 100,000 signatures – and may now get second parliamentary debate
5 January 2016
MPs to debate women's state pension changes as 79,000 sign petition
Controversial changes to the state pension which will hit women aged 55-65 will be debated in Parliament in January
17 December 2015
Sign the petition to get MPs to debate women's state pension changes
A petition created by Women Against State Pension Inequality has gained more than 55,000 signatures
14 December 2015
David Cameron: We will give pensioners security and dignity
Prime Minister David Cameron writes for MSE on why the Government is shaking up pension rules
19 November 2014
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