To claim the state pension you need to have paid in enough National Insurance contributions - but if you are falling short ...

The triple lock could soon become unaffordable as the costs of the policy ramp up. Mark Pemberthy, benefits consulting leader ...

The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The Government ...

In a recent written response, the Transport Minister said: "The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides ...

If you receive State Pension from the DWP, you may qualify for further financial help, including discounts on energy bills ...

We never claimed Child Benefit (as we understood it would be tapered away) and didn't realise the impact this would have on ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is in the middle of a mass state pension correction exercise after it was revealed thousands of women have been underpaid. Almost 120,000 women have been ...

Read Less According to official figures, nearly 90% of eligible UK employees ... don’t have any retirement benefit other than the State Pension to look forward to, and may also be appropriate ...

A new online petition is urging the UK Government to scrap the TV licence fee for everyone of State Pension age to help them ...

According to ONS figures, the UK gender pay gap stood at 7.7% as of April 2023. The current full state pension is £221.20 a week, or £11,502.40 a year. The ‘old’ basic state pension ...

Simply sign up to the Pensions myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Pension Protection Fund’s annual Purple Book is almost universally regarded as the authoritative “state of ...

As of May 2024, 12.9 million people got the state pension — a 220,000 jump on the previous year. When we talk about the state pension, we often talk about it in terms of people getting the new ...