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Saturday, Dec 13

15

State pensioners who don't qualify for Winter Fuel Payment getting different £300 payout instead

State pensioners can benefit from £300 payments under the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) Household Support Fund.

12

State pension age to increase to new threshold for millions of people

An increase in the age is on the horizon after it was announced more than a decade ago.

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State pensioners being handed two free new £60 Cost of Living payments

The money is being distributed through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Household Support Fund, or HSF.

State pensioners can get £5,700 a year from DWP and it's not means-tested

Attendance Allowance is money for people over pension age who have care needs.

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Government issues update amid calls to 'double' UK State Pension tax threshold

www.walesonline.co.uk

A parliamentary petition claims that "State Pensioners should have double the tax-free allowance"

Friday, Dec 12

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State Pension age set to rise next April for people born in specific years

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

The State Pension age will increase from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.

14

State pension 'means testing' proposal to replace triple lock system

www.devonlive.com

MPs looked at several ways to change the triple lock

State pension 'wealth test' plan to replace triple lock system

MPs looked at several ways to change the triple lock

State pension 'reduced payments' update under new DWP 'wealth test'

www.express.co.uk

MPs also discussed bringing in a means-tested state pension system

12

DWP payment date changes for Universal Credit, State Pension and more over Christmas and New Year

Benefit payment dates will be disrupted for certain claimants due to three upcoming Bank Holidays

10 key days in 2026 for HMRC tax, energy change, state pension rise and wages

www.devonlive.com

Warning issued of 'far more complex' tax issues as 'a lot of changes' taking place

10 key days in 2026 for HMRC tax, energy change, state pension rise and wages

Warning issued of 'far more complex' tax issues as 'a lot of changes' taking place

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State pension age rise and housing benefit cuts blamed for rise in PIP claims

inews.co.uk

Experts from the IFS estimate that cuts to benefits actually caused welfare spending to jump by around £900m

Thursday, Dec 11

18

The freebies and discounts over 60s can claim before reaching state pension age

There are a wide selection of discounts you can get if you're over 60, including free bus travel and prescriptions

15

People over state pension age with arthritis could be owed £441 in December

More than half a million people receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance for arthritis-related conditions.

Warning over long-standing DWP state pension rule which is 'fundamentally flawed'

An alternative mechanism for raising state pension every year could save the Treasury £6.2billion.

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DWP £441 payments for people over State Pension age with back pain

www.mirror.co.uk

Attendance Allowance provides extra cash to people of State Pension age with certain disabilities and illnesses

Treasury says state pension £12,570 tax change plans 'in 2026'

The Treasury has responded to a petition as state pension payments are set to exceed the £12,570 personal allowance and says it will draw up plans next year for some to be exempt