{"id":359556,"date":"2026-01-08T20:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:05:12","slug":"thousands-of-pensioners-failing-to-claim-benefits-they-are-entitled-to-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359556\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of pensioners failing to claim benefits they are entitled to &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQdWxhSW9qUk5sUVktaDk1bDhaQy1VdkRlaHlGbEt1NEdfTlFnbzVJMmpVd28zaXNYMWxSTnYxc1VmUjRQQUdFVXYyaXZ4T25Ec3RoaS1UVWtmSkhPM0xLS1JHSmFEMjM0YURVWHhrbTNWbWsxTjFrNDMyZEVJdkt0WUtWWXpLSWhNU2FMOXJUNkVfRlVfVmxLTGs1ZjZMdk0weXFFcGtFcnZ4cDNseGU0VGZwS2ZJQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thousands of pensioners failing to claim benefits they are entitled to<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxQejlBLUJodG9vQ2diVklBNm1jUXVvbkFwSXFJQjl3Z0V0VE5iSnJKVnczMkxBWDZtZXNwS1V6Y0lWOEFWZHpWVFZRMmR2NXBTLXpFQXhvcFNfS2VTYm1kR190ZUprSy1xY2JKQzVqRTdPa2tBN2Z6RXNsX1NNekpZaFhJNmV3S0Z3NUw0SkE3U1N1N3Z1X0tBVjBsczVhQndiOXRtN2NR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Three-quarters of pensioners miss out on \u00a31,300 payment they don\u2019t know they\u2019re entitled to<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPWmR0S1RXT1pHbGp5Tjd1NVZXV29jM3ZEdl9ldVJuakVGTFRxWS1wS0l5OEd2Y1ZfZUJHcUdKcElCTlBUdkNuYTF0OGIxX2hCYTREbTRLWV9WeVJCSWdUTUJ6RDVmNG1pTUxiemR1RTNGMDBBYmNoRTBkVjBSVVBBVDdvSW52dDBXLWVRWS1vVjN5Q1d1UGxV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Three quarters of pensioner benefits not claimed &#8211; have you missed out?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE9zQVdsRnlyOWEtM1ljWFozR09ERzBiaktCZkNKSkRMOEowZkVOeGJTUXNpNVBjR2ZEMlNrQWNaLXo1bDhVd1kzdlpGUHFsX3NtakRuT3NwWmRQRlZxc2dWdzA4ZzRmM0VFVG5JeDl1M0NjSkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pension &#8216;epidemic&#8217; as two-thirds of retirees missing out on \u00a31,300 DWP benefit support<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GB News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxORFVSMUMwdVNuaUFDemxpNlR4RXA0ZldCLVpqcE5VWC0wMUczVTFkMmVGM0FhTmlwUXI4bnJSZ0QxZEo0YXFBWm5lVkZLdzBPNF9CVGt6Q0RibEFuVjBIN3dYa0JyMi05QTl5S01fanExTnhuWEhNSkxKNDloc2I5QktyRUxfOVB2enA1dnBRNmhHc3hBa2fSAZsBQVVfeXFMTUdWWXR0Wk1ZUTRNbzJqa19tVUhKQjIyTDZlSlNLSF9aaEYxaWM4ZUJlWnM1ekliYmUtSEFpdkc4LVBTVS1Tb0tmLVpaNGZ2c2RZSnBWZTZNemtsblFOMktlZEpBWk9uY1IyallBaDlmdDQzbU1Sck9ScmZWNzQ5SWF6N3F5SzRSa005WGdBcDQ2SDhKbm9JSnJXbHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pensioners urged to check for annual income boost of nearly \u00a31,400<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of pensioners failing to claim benefits they are entitled to&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentThree-quarters of pensioners miss out on \u00a31,300&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4176,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-359556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-personal-finance","11":"tag-personalfinance","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}