Labour decided to means test the Winter Fuel Payment, worth up to £300, after discovering a '£22 billion' black hole in ...

Approximately 19.7 million households will see an increase in at least one DWP or HMRC benefit from April 2025, with a number ...

Pension Credit tops up your income if you’re over state pension age - but it also comes with additional perks such as ...

The DWP has been forced to admit that tens of thousands of claims for the benefit, worth £3900 on average, are still outstanding ...

More than half of claims for the means-tested top-up benefit, which the Winter Fuel Payment is being limited to, are still ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has urged older Brits to do a “quick online” check to see if they’re eligible for ...

The state pension age is already set to rise to 67 in 2028, and experts have warned that people could soon have to wait until ...

Older people on low income are being urged to check if they are eligible for Pension Credit, which can open doors to even ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is encouraging state pensioners born before 1959 to apply for a "quick" £4,200. The DWP has urged older Brits to perform a "quick online" check to see if ...

The triple lock guarantees an increase in pensions in line with average earnings, inflation or 2.5, whichever is highest.

You can check out how much you will get by going to the DWP State Pension website. You can see how many complete years of National Insurance contributions you have made and a forecast of how much you ...

Benefit cheats use one particular trick to swindle the system out of £10,000 a year, the Work and Pensions Committee ...