New WASPI update on calls for State Pension age compensation for millions of women
Dozens of MPs have urged DWP ministers to meet with WASPI campaigners ahead of a legal challenge.Liz Kendall…
November 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
As the end of 2025 draws nearer, higher bills combined with lower temperatures mean many will be facing…
New State Pension rates from April could push more older people over tax threshold
Pensioners with an additional income of £10,000 could get an unexpected tax bill. Millions of people are on…
How much PIP, universal credit and other benefits will increase next year
Millions of benefit claimants across the UK will see a welcome boost to their benefit payments from April…
State pensioners urged ‘spend money’ or be hit with 87% HMRC tax bill
The shake-up from the taxman means unspent defined contribution pensions will be included in inheritance tax calculations. When…
DWP confirms measure to help older people find work ahead of State Pension age change
People will need to work longer as the State Pension age will increase from 66 to 67 between…
State Pension uprating will not be paid to thousands of older people next year
Around 453,000 older people will not get new State Pension payments during the 2026/27 financial year. The latest…
DWP State Pension and benefit rates update as new levels announced for 2026
Every year the State Pension increases in line with whichever is the highest out of earnings growth in…
‘I’m an unpaid carer. I’ll be living on £15 a month when I get my state pension’
An unpaid carer for her disabled son has warned she will be living on £15 a month once…
Exact amount DWP benefits set to increase next April including Universal Credit and State Pension
The rate of benefits increases in April in line with the rate of inflation from the previous SeptemberThe…
State pension confirmed to rise by up to £575 a year from April
Under the triple lock, the state pension is set to rise by July’s bumper earnings-growth figure , it…
Exact amount state pension to rise by next year as inflation figures released
Under the triple lock guarantee, the state pension increases every April in line with whichever is the highest…