More than 12,300 people have signed an online petition calling for Council Tax to be abolished for pensioners.
An online petition calling for Council Tax to be abolished for every person in the UK claiming their State Pension has passed a significant milestone in just a few days and now awaits an official response to the proposal. The petition has received more than 12,300 signatures of support - at 10,000 a response is required from the UK Government - however, Parliament is in recess until April 17, which means that may not come until later next week.
The uprating means that those on the full New State Pension will see payments increase from £185.15 to up to £203.85 each week and those on the Basic State Pension will see weekly payments rise from £141.85 to up to £156.20 - how much someone receives depends on their National Insurance contributions.
If you are a single pensioner with an income of less than £200 per week or a couple with less than £300 per week, you may be able to claim Pension Credit which is an annual income boost worth on average around £3,500 - it also acts as a 'gateway' benefit to other financial support including help with housing and heating costs and Council Tax Reductions.
What is Pension Credit? Pension Credit currently gives 1.4 million people across the UK extra money to help with living costs if they are over State Pension age and on a low income. 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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