Pension Credit

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

Free TV licences will only be available for over-75s who receive the pension credit benefit from next June

10 June 2019

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

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

Petition on women's state pension changes smashes 100,000 signatures – and may now get second parliamentary debate

5 January 2016

Controversial changes to the state pension which will hit women aged 55-65 will be debated in Parliament in January

17 December 2015

A petition created by Women Against State Pension Inequality has gained more than 55,000 signatures

14 December 2015