{"id":897574,"date":"2026-09-19T09:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897574\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T09:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:28:11","slug":"hundreds-in-cambridgeshire-urged-to-take-unclaimed-pension-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/897574\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds in Cambridgeshire urged to take unclaimed pension credit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Councils are contacting more than 700 households eligible to receive currently unclaimed pension credit.<\/p>\n

Cambridgeshire County Council said the unclaimed benefits could total up to \u00a32m.<\/p>\n

Pension credit tops up your weekly income to \u00a3238 if you’re single or your joint weekly income to \u00a3363.25 if you have a partner. Savings are also taken into account.<\/p>\n

Identified residents will be contacted directly by their local council and will be advised of their eligibility and provided with support to help them apply for their unclaimed benefit.<\/p>\n

Pension credit varies in value and is paid to people over the state pension age on a low income.<\/p>\n

The Department for Work and Pensions said the amount received depended on a variety of factors, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The county council said its new campaign would target households eligible for the two elements of pension credit – guarantee credit and savings credit. Households may be eligible for both elements, or just one.<\/p>\n

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Alison Whelan, chair of the communities, social mobility and inclusion committee at the county council, said: “This new targeted campaign will boost financial security and quality of life for hundreds of families across our county.<\/p>\n

“I’m delighted to know that in Cambridgeshire we’re putting money, up to \u00a32m, back in the pockets of the families that are most vulnerable to the cost-of-living pressures facing us nationally.”<\/p>\n

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