Minister claims that investment in automation tech will mean that citizens making calls to support services for Pension ...

Someone on the full Basic State Pension will see weekly payments rise by £6.95 per week from £169.50 to £176.45, or £705.80 ...

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

Since last summer the Government has received 235,000 pension credit claims, up from around 130,000 in the same period the ...

You can challenge a decision on your benefits and ask for the case to be looked at again DWP minister Sir Stephen Timms ...

A spike in pension credit applications has been recorded, with a 64% jump in successful claims after the Government announced ...

The DWP today is celebrating a surge in the number of Pension Credit claims, and with good reason given uptake has been poor ...

The credit tops up incomes for poorer pensioners and acts as a gateway to additional support, including the winter fuel ...

Mr Western added that the bank checks would also help reveal if claimants had spent more time abroad than their benefit ...

The DWP has spoken about how new powers to request bank account information will help prevent Pension Credit fraud. New ...

Pension credit applications have soared 81 per cent since it became a necessary hurdle for keeping the Winter Fuel Payment - but nearly half of claims were rejected. Chancellor Rachel Reeves ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said pensioners who receive some benefits may be eligible for extra Pension Credit payments. According to government guidance, people of state pension ...