This article explains the key changes to State Pension payments and benefits for people reaching retirement age in Great Britain.
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show the State Pension is providing essential financial support for 12.9 million people across Great Britain, including more than one million living in Scotland. This regular payment is currently worth up to £221.20 per week for those on the New State Pension (claimed after April 6, 2016), or £169.50 each week for the Basic State Pension (Category A or B).
How much someone receives from the contributory benefit depends on the number of National Insurance years they have accrued before reaching the current retirement age of 66 - you need at least 10 to qualify for any State Pension payment. For older people approaching the official age of retirement over the coming months this year, it’s important to know which benefits will continue, new ones you may now qualify for and those you can no longer make a new claim for. Your State Pension age is the same as your Pension Credit qualifying age unless you are a man born before December 6, 1953. You can check your State Pension age and whether you can start claiming Pension Credit on the 'Check your State Pension age' page of the GOV.UK website here. Benefits affected by your pension age Turn2us has created an essential guide to the benefits you cannot claim from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) when you reach State Pension age or Pension Credit age. For full details on each of the topics listed below, visit the Turn2us website here. Pension Credit age When you reach State Pension age you can no longer claim: Turn2us advises: 'If you live with a partner and one of you is pension age and the other is not yet pension age, benefit entitlement can be complicated.' Use the Turn2us benefit calculator to see what benefits you’re entitled to, or get help from a benefits advise
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