People over State Pension age can still claim PIP and get support of up to £608 each month

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for over 12.6 million people across the UK. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.

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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people aged over 16 and under State Pension age who need help with daily living tasks or getting around outside the home as a result of a long-term illness, disability or mental health condition. If someone is already receiving PIP when they reach State Pension age this will carry on and if someone is already getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA), they will be invited to apply for PIP.

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Planning for your retirement can never start too early and the amount of State Pension people will receive depends on how long they have been making National Insurance (NI) contributions towards it. The qualifying age for State Pension is now 66 for both men and women across the UK, although you will be able to claim the 'new' State Pension if you are a man born on or after April 6,1951 or a woman born on or after April 6, 1953.

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State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots and for some, it is their only source of income during their retirement years. This regular payment is delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit many people have heard of or read about, but may not be sure who it can help or how to apply. The biggest misunderstanding around PIP is that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will only award the benefit to people with outwardly visible physical, long-term health conditions or disabilities.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed how bogus Universal Credit claims during the coronavirus pandemic helped to push fraud and error overpayments in the benefits system to record levels last year. The DWP estimates it overpaid £8.3 billion (7.5%) out of £111.4 billion of benefits other than the State Pension in 2020-21 - an increase of £3.8 billion since 2019-20.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates that up to one million pensioner households across the UK may be entitled to Pension Credi t, but are not claiming the benefit. Pension Credit can help top-up retirement income, even if someone already receives a pension or has another source of regular payments.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.