Married couples over State Pension age could be due weekly income boost of up to £306 from April
State Pension payments are set to increase by 10.1 per cent from April for some 12.6million people across Great Britain, including 992,052 living in Scotland. However, despite a record-breaking rise in payments of the contributory benefit, it is estimated that around 1.8 million pensioners are receiving less than £100 per week in State Pension payments.
Ms Morrissey explained: “Many people do not receive anywhere near the full amount of State Pension and there are currently 1.8m people receiving less than £100 per week. The vast majority of these are women who have accrued large gaps in their National Insurance contribution history due to time taken away from the workforce to care for family.”
Successful new claimants for Pension Credit will also be eligible for the £900 payments which will be made in three lump sums over the next financial yea with the first instalment of £301 due between April 25 and May 17, 2023. Below is everything you need to know about the benefit to make a claim for yourself, a family member or friend. We also have details on the handy online Pension Credit calculator which can quickly indicate if your claim may be successful and how much you might get.
Mixed aged older couples and Pension Credit In May 2019, the law changed so that a ‘mixed age couple’ - a couple where one partner is of State Pension age and the other is under it - are considered to be a ‘working age’ couple when checking entitlement to means-tested benefits.
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