Pension Credit

The state pension is set to rise by up to £460 a year (£8.80 a week) from 6 April 2025 under what's known as the 'triple lock' guarantee. But MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) founder Martin Lewis has warned that any rise will come too late to help pensioners set to lose their Winter Fuel Payments this winter, while most won't get the maximum increase. Here's what you need to know.

A former pensions minister has urged people to use this Bank Holiday weekend as an opportunity to check if elderly relatives or neighbours are missing out on £1,000s a year in pension credit, with recent figures showing up to £1.8 billion remains unclaimed. Here's how to check if you or someone you know is eligible - and what to do if so. 

The cost of an annual standard colour TV licence will rise to £157.50 from 1 April 2020 – an increase of £3.

Free TV licences will only be available for over-75s who receive pension credit from next June, but 1.3 million eligible households don't claim this benefit. So we're calling on the BBC to launch an education campaign about it. Check NOW to see if you're eligible. 

Pensioners who live together as 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 set to come into effect in May - a change which could cost some £7,000 per year. If you'll be affected and are eligible to claim, do it ASAP to avoid missing out. 

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.

Older savers who carry on putting money in a pension after withdrawing cash from it face new curbs on the sums they can invest.

More than 106,000 people have now signed a petition protesting controversial changes to the state pension which will hit hundreds of thousands of women aged 55-65. MPs will decide if the petition should be granted a second parliamentary debate after an existing debate already scheduled for tomorrow (7 January).