Austin Butler recalled a “special” moment he had with Paul McCartney while appearing on “The Late Late Show” Thursday night.
10.06.2022 - 11:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a ‘day of action’ this month which will focus on encouraging people of State Pension age to check eligibility for a benefit worth on average, £1,900 each year but could be worth more than £3,000 in financial support and additional discounts.
DWP’s ‘Pension Credit Day of Action’ will take place on Wednesday, June 15 and aims to get more older people applying for support to help them manage the rising cost of living.
Figures released by the UK Government in April showed that up to 850,000 families who were entitled to receive Pension Credit did not claim the benefit in the financial year 2019 to 2020 and earlier this week, DWP minister Guy Opperman MP, gave an update indicating that an estimated 770,000 pensioners qualify for the extra support and have not claimed.
The DWP launched a new awareness campaign in April and said up to £1.7 billion of available Pension Credit went unclaimed - on average, this amounts to around £1,900 per year for each family entitled to receive the ‘gateway’ benefit.
Pension Credit gives people extra money to help with living costs if they are over State Pension age and on a low income.
Some older people think because they have savings or own their home they would not be eligible for any Pension Credit, but thousands could be missing out on the extra money and discounts it provides every month.
More than 1.4 million people over State Pension age across the UK are currently receiving the benefit, including some 129,671 living in Scotland, and accessing additional financial help with Council Tax, Housing Benefit, hearing bills and a free TV Licence for the over 75s.
If you qualify for Pension Credit you can also get other help, such as:
One of the
Austin Butler recalled a “special” moment he had with Paul McCartney while appearing on “The Late Late Show” Thursday night.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently updated online guidance for millions of older people who qualify for a £300 one-off ‘Pensioner Cost of Living Payment’ on top of their Winter Fuel Payment later this year.
Clayton Davis Austin Butler’s hips don’t lie. He becomes the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, possessing all of his signature quirks and emotional inflections in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” Standing tall as the single best performance from the first half of 2022, Butler’s moves have thrust him into the Oscar race for best actor.
Duchess Kate is giving Us another suit moment! The British royal looked radiant in a classic white ensemble while celebrating Windrush Day in London with her husband, Prince William.
Coronavirus has been branded ‘concerning’ again in Manchester amid soaring case numbers ‘across all ages’, according to public health chiefs. The rise comes as there has been a significant ‘dropoff’ of eligible people coming forward to get spring Covid-19 vaccination booster jabs.
Drake dominates this week's Official Trending Chart thanks to the two biggest tracks from his surprise-released new album Honestly, Nevermind.
Actor Kevin Spacey received an unconditional bail from a U.K. court in his sexual assault case Thursday.
New research from abrdn (formerly Standard Life) has found that when it comes to funding retirement, one in five (20%) of UK adults set to retire this year plan to use their State Pension as their main source of income.
As part of its current push into gaming, Netflix unveiled several new title during the final day of its 2022 Geeked Week. They included games based on popular Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, La Casa De Papel, Shadow And Bone and Too Hot To Handle. They follow in the footsteps of Stranger Things as the mega hit sci-fi drama became the first Netflix series to spawn a video game franchise.
State Pension provides essential financial support for over 12.4 million older people across the UK, including 981,399 living in Scotland.
Police have made several arrests after a group of people attempted to enter the parade route for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Officers intervened after some people attempted to enter the ceremonial route on The Mall before Trooping the Colour, the Metropolitan Police said.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a ‘day of action’ this month which will focus on encouraging around 400,000 people of State Pension age to check eligibility for a benefit worth on average around £1,900 each year in financial support and additional discounts or reductions.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released new guidance to help certain people boost their State Pension income.
Brenda Edwards is set to replace Gemma Collins as Mama Morton in the musical Chicago after the former TOWIE star pulled out due to an injury.The Loose Women panellist, 53, who recently revealed she speaks to her late son Jamal "every day", will be reprising the role in which she made her West End debut over a decade ago. She first appeared as Mama Morton back in 2007 at the Adelphi Theatre after competing on The X Factor.
Reality TV star Gemma Collins was set to perform in Cardiff later in 2022 however has had to pull out of the Chicago tour due to injury. An ongoing knee issue that Gemma has described as "next level" means that Gemma will not be able to take up her role as Mamma Morton in the famous musical.
Elvis Presley biopic.Set to be released in cinemas on June 24, Elvis charts the iconic musician’s career through his complicated relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).Butler, who plays Elvis, recalled in an interview with GQ UK how his body “started shutting down” after filming concluded in March 2021. He was later diagnosed with a virus that simulates appendicitis and spent a week bedridden.“The next day I woke up at four in the morning with excruciating pain, and I was rushed to hospital,” Butler said.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that more than 1,000 Ukrainian pensioners who recently arrived in the UK after fleeing the Russian invasion are already receiving financial support through Pension Credit, new figures show.