44 h. ago People over State Pension age with health issues due up to £1,362 each month

Over 1.7 million pensioners are receiving additional financial support through disability benefits.

Economics

54 h. ago Older couples on weekly State Pension less than £346 could be due £4,300 boost

Pension Credit claims can be backdated by up to three months and provide access to heating help this winter.

Economics

2 d. ago New UK Government plans to make getting maximum State Pension payments simpler

The State Pension age is set to rise from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.

Politics

3 d. ago New Martin Lewis State Pension update for people trying to boost retirement payments

The full New State Pension is now worth £230.25 per week.

Economics

4 d. ago Brits working from home could boost pension pot by £236,000, new data claims

Standard Life found that working from home for three days a week reduces the cost of commuting by as much as £2,000 a year on average - a saving that could be put to good use in a pension

Economics

4 d. ago Bank Holiday boost for pension and benefits as DWP send payments early

Payments that were due on Monday 26 May will now arrive this week on Friday 23 May

Economics

6 d. ago Scottie Scheffler runs away with US PGA title after challengers fade away

World No 1 finishes five shots clear of fieldScheffler claims third major of his careerJust another Scottie Sunday. Major number three for Scottie Scheffler, the first outside Augusta National and the latest stride towards golfing immortality. A year on from being bundled into a police cell during his last attempt to lift the Wanamaker Trophy, Scheffler took no prisoners. Dancing to the jailhouse rock. Jon Rahm swung and missed at the new US PGA champion before capitulating under sheer frustration. Nobody else seriously featured.Scheffler earned himself $3.4m (£2.5m) plus further daylight between himself and the rest at the summit of the world rankings. The most remarkable thing about Scheffler is how unremarkable he makes all this seem. This is a golfer who has walked up to the 72nd green of a major holding six-, five- and four-shot leads. He has no experience of anxiety in such scenarios because of his own ability to steady the ship as others waver. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago DWP update on neglected plan to boost state pension for people born by 1944

The extra payments kick in when you reach a certain age

Politics

8 d. ago New Pension Credit payments for £4,300 yearly boost could be paid by this date

The DWP has revealed that 77 per cent of all new claims for Pension Credit were processed within 50 working days last year - here's what it means for claimants.

Economics

1 week ago New Pension Credit claims for £4,300 annual income boost could be paid before end of July

Pension Credit claims can be backdated by up to three months and provide access to heating help later this year.

Economics

1 week ago Pension providers ‘to boost saver outcomes and UK growth’ under new initiative

Pension assets in the scope of the new agreement total £252 billion.

Politics

1 week ago Pensioners urged to make 5 minute DWP call to boost state pension by £80 a week

Around 750,000 people across the UK are not receiving the correct state pension amount they're entitled to

Economics

2 w. ago DWP issues Pension Credit update as pensioners getting £3,900 boost quicker

The benefits and pensions department confirmed that around 78% of all new claims were processed within the planned timescale - this is a small increase from the 77.7% of claims in 2023-24

Economics

3 w. ago Older people living on their own could boost annual State Pension by £4,300

Pension Credit claims can be backdated by up to three months and provide access to heating help this winter.

Economics

3 w. ago I turned 66 and my state pension boost was STILL missing: Frustrated retirees attack 'terrible' top

A reader whose £900 went missing for nearly a year, says: 'I think my position and that of many others, who are probably in a worse situation, is truly disgusting.'

Events

3 w. ago Older people with grandchildren could boost State Pension by over £300 this year

Claims for Specified Adult Childcare can be backdated to April 6, 2011.

Economics

last month State pension: How to check yours, how to buy missing years and everything you need to know

Figuring out what you’ll have saved up for retirement can be a daunting task – here’s what you need to know

Economics