8 h. ago DWP bonus of £300 available for state pensioners with more than £35,000

The Winter Fuel Payment is being reintroduced for pensioners who were born before 1959, with more than nine million people set to be eligible for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) perk

Economics

10 h. ago DWP could give £29,000 boost to millions of workers paying into pensions

A new UK Government Bill is reforming pensions, with 20 million set to benefit from the changes

Economics

11 h. ago State Pension inheritance rule boosts over half a million payments by £5,000

More than half a million pensioners were receiving over £5,000 a year in inherited Serps payments in 2023/24.

Economics

13 h. ago Millions of pensioners could get £29,000 boost after new retirement rule

Millions could see a pensions boost of £29,000 as the Government's Pension Schemes Bill returns to Parliament for its second reading today

Economics

15 h. ago New DWP workplace pension plans to help people boost retirement pots by £29,000

The new Pensions Schemes Bill will also make it easier for savers to access and manage their pensions.

Economics

15 h. ago UK workers to get £29,000 pension boost under new retirement rules

Small pension pots worth £1,000 or less would be consolidated into larger schemes under the new Pension Schemes Bill, which returns to Parliament for its second reading today

Economics

3 d. ago Pensioners 'boiled alive' after turning heating up to 1,000 degrees to keep warm

The bodies of Joan Littlejohn, 84, and Glennwood Fowler, 82, were found in the basement of their Spartanburg, South Carolina home as temperatures outside dropped to as low as 19 degrees

Society

4 d. ago Tax expert shares simple ways to get Winter Fuel Payment with a retirement income over £35,000

Pensioners with an income above £35,000 can either opt-out of the Winter Fuel Payment or repay it through PAYE or Self Assessment.

Economics

4 d. ago Pensioner, 81, loses 'ridiculous' £280,000 neighbour row over 'inches' of land... after seven years of fighting

Christel Naish, 81, had complained that her neighbour Dr Jyotibala Patel's garden tap and pipe were 'trespassing' on her property in Ilford, east London.

Economics

5 d. ago Exact date pensioners need to opt out of Winter Fuel Payment to avoid HMRC clawback

Around two million pensioners with an income over £35,000 are due to receive this year’s Winter Fuel Payment.

Economics

7 d. ago Liz Kendall makes statement to MPs about welfare bill concessions – UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary speaks to parliament as No 10 disputes figures showing benefit cuts to push 150,000 more into povertyThe Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.Here is the key chart from the document. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago DWP state pension payments to plummet as Brits born before 1959 set for 'bad news'

The DWP has issued a warning to those over the age of 66. Additional 420,000 pensioners are set to pay income tax this year, it has been warned

Economics

1 week ago Expert provides five finance tips which could add £367,000 to your pension pot

For a comfortable lifestyle in retirement people will need at least £43,000 per year.

Economics

2 w. ago Moment shameless conman who posed as a fraud investigator counts £30,000 he scammed from pensioners

Leicester crook Rohith-Reddy Kananala, 28, posed as a fraud investigator to prey on vulnerable people across the UK. He swindled £30,000 from eight pensioners in a few days,

Economics

2 w. ago DWP confirms 700,000 people ‘will not be affected’ by PIP reforms

Nearly 700,000 people over the State Pension age currently claim PIP - but they are not likely to be affected by reforms, according to a government minister

Politics

2 w. ago Moment fake fraud investigator counts £30,000 he scammed from OAPs is shown as he is jailed for a year

Leicester crook Rohith-Reddy Kananala, 28, posed as a fraud investigator to prey on vulnerable people across the UK. He swindled £30,000 from eight pensioners in a few days,

Economics

2 w. ago Pensioners can boost annual income by over £10,000 through two benefits

Older people on a low income or living with a long-term health condition could be due extra financial help on top of their State Pension.

Economics

2 w. ago Pensioner is hit with £24,000 electricity bill... and ordered to pay back £2,000 a WEEK

Lin Lawler, who owns Grange Farmhouse in Hainford, Norfolk, uses the five-bedroom house and adjoining annex as a holiday rental for just over 100 days a year.

Economics

2 w. ago Winter fuel payment update as SNP Government reveals which pensioners will lose out

Pensioners with an income of more than £35,000 will have the payment clawed back through the tax system.

Politics

2 w. ago HMRC will change tax code of state pensioners to reclaim cash

Winter Fuel Payments will be paid to all pensioners, but if you earn more than £35,000 a year, then you will have to pay it back

Economics