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It has two parts. Guarantee Credit, which ensures you have at least a minimum weekly income (about £218 for a single person ...
Pension credit claims can be backdated by up to three months if you have already passed the state pension age. Call the pension credit claim line on 0800 99 1234 (textphone: 0800 169 0133).
MPs have urged the Government to overhaul the benefit - worth up to £4,000 a year for the poorest pensioners - to open it up ...
The Government should consider a 'taper' to mitigate the impact on older people who just miss out, says the cross-party work ...
Despite being worth up to £4,000 a year, the take-up of pension credit has hovered between 61 and 66 per cent for a decade, ...