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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

Older people should check their benefits, says Age UK

A third of older people are struggling financially - but many could get help straight away, Age UK says

10 May 2013

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