State Pension payments are rising by up to £75 per month next year - here are the new rates

Christmas Day is on a Sunday this year which means Boxing Day is on a Monday, however, the bank holiday status for that date has been moved to Tuesday, December 27. This means that State Pension payments and benefits for older people delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions which are due on those dates will be made earlier.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced it expects to complete the correction exercise into State Pension underpayments for two groups of claimants by the end of next year. The Pensions Minister said on Monday the exercise for those on CAT BL and CAT D should be completed in 2023, but could run through to “late 2024”

There are an estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across the UK currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) who will see their payments go up by 10.1% next year. The uprating will come into effect on April 10, 2023.

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Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year which means Boxing Day is on a Monday, however, the bank holiday status for that date has been moved to Tuesday, December 27. This means that benefits and payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) which are due on those dates will be made earlier.

The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of February, 2022 there were 124,081 people living in Scotland receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Across the UK, there are now more than 1.5 million people over State Pension age getting either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through the benefit.

The latest figures from the Treasury suggest there were 36,900 people in work claiming the Blind Person’s Allowance in 2021-22. The Blind Person's Allowance provides an extra amount of tax-free earnings for individuals who are registered as blind and is set at £2,600 for 2022-23.

The new Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride has confirmed that the outcome of the State Pension age review will be published before May 2023. The review will consider a wide range of evidence, including findings from two independent reports, to assess whether the rules about State Pension age remain ‘appropriate’.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that more than 11.6 million pensioner households across the UK, including around one million in Scotland, have started to receive a one-off payment worth up to £600 to help with their heating bills this winter.

An online petition calling for a minimum weekly State Pension payment of £380 for all men and women over the age of 60 is set to be debated in Parliament next month. The petition, created by Michael Thompson, has received more than 107,980 signatures of support from people across the UK and will now be debated by MPs on Monday December 12, 2022.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed during his Autumn Statement that the UK Government’s review of the State Pension age will be published in early 2023 and is scheduled to be released in May. At the start of this year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) launched a second review of the State Pension age, which is now 66 for men and women across the UK.

Millions of people across the UK claiming disability benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Social Security Scotland are set for a bumper payment boost next year following the Autumn Statement.

An estimated 19.2 million families and 39.8 million individuals across the UK currently in receipt of State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments go up by 10.1% next year.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that State Pension, Pension Credit and benefits will be uprated in line with inflation next year. Delivering his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr Hunt confirmed an increase of 10.1% from next April at a cost of £11 billion for the UK Government.

The UK has officially fallen into a recession, which will push more than 500,000 people into unemployment, according to a new forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills. The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023-24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.

The most recent report by the public spending watchdog on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accounts has revealed that around 237,000 people over State Pension age have been underpaid a total of £1.46 billion. The underpayments average around £8,900 per person.

New figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reveal that more than four million children are living in families which receive Universal Credit. The official data shows that in August, some 4,030,796 children were living in households receiving the benefit - an increase of 124,471 since May when the figure was 3,906,325.

There are more than 20 million people across the UK claiming benefits or State Pension from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Some benefits such as Universal Credit can be a lifeline for those out of work or on a low income, providing crucial financial support to cope with daily living costs.