It has two parts. Guarantee Credit, which ensures you have at least a minimum weekly income (about £218 for a single person ...

MPs have urged the Government to overhaul the benefit - worth up to £4,000 a year for the poorest pensioners - to open it up ...

The Government should consider a 'taper' to mitigate the impact on older people who just miss out, says the cross-party work ...

Despite being worth up to £4,000 a year, the take-up of pension credit has hovered between 61 and 66 per cent for a decade, ...

The report calls for a "Pension Credit take-up strategy" for England by the end of 2025. Despite being worth up to £4,000 a ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hands 1.4 million older Brits Pension Credit each year, but the authority has ...

Pension Credit is designed to top up the incomes of the poorest pensioners, offering around 1.4 million people an average of ...

Help with heating and energy costs – worth £100s. Pension credit entitles you to the warm home discount, which is a £150 credit on your energy bill, normally given by the end of March. You could also ...

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s campaign to boost the uptake of Pension Credit saw 66 successful new claims worth £1.2 million.