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The HMRC rule comes into force at the age of 66

The State Pension is a weekly payment that you can claim when you reach the official age of retirement in the UK

Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment are tax-free benefits worth either £73.90 or £110.40 each week.

Simple way older people planning to stay in work after reaching State Pension age can boost wages and DWP contributory benefit.

Nigeria’s pension and gratuity obligations continue to expose the fragility of state finances, with only eight out of 36 states

There are a number of benefits and support available to people over State Pension age - including free prescriptions and help with heating costs

Pensioners could be eligible for separate cash payments to help with heating bills over the current financial year.

The state pension is expected to increase by 4.8% next year in line with wage growth.

Attendance Allowance, or AA, is a popular benefit among those who are over state pension age from the Department for Work and Pensions

Under the triple-lock mechanism, the state pension increases every April by whatever is the highest

Following legislation laid by the government in July, all eight million Universal Credit recipients will see the standard rate increase by 6.2 per cent.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said his department would review the decision not to compensate women born in the 1950s.

The triple lock ensures the State Pension increases every April in line with whichever is the highest of earnings growth between May and July, inflation in September, or 2.5%

Jackie describes how she lives in fear of her rent going up as she already faces a massive shortfall making it necessary to live frugally

Under the DWP Triple Lock, the Basic State Pension - for state pensioners born before 1953, if they're women - could be hiked by nearly five per cent.

Payment rates for the state pension increase in April

Payment rates for the state pension increase in April

Payment rates for the state pension increased 4.1 per cent this year

Workers from the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) have staged a protest , besieging the office of the State Accountant General, demanding the payment of pension arrears owed their retired colleagues. The protesters, comprising…

Millions born in 1950s lost out because of government failings over changes to state retirement age, campaigners say