State Pension payments are rising next month - here are the new weekly rates

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or transferring from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to the benefit can be a lengthy process for some claimants. However, that should not put anyone off making a claim because people who are awarded PIP will receive between £23.70 and £152.15 per week - if you are aged 16 or over and have not yet reached State Pension age.

State Pension age is regularly reviewed to make sure that it is affordable and fair as people are living longer and spending a greater proportion of their adult life in retirement than in the past.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said that "when the State Pension was introduced in 1948, a 65-year-old could expect to spend 13.5 years receiving the benefit, around 23 per cent of their adult life".However, this has been increasing ever since and it is now estimated that a 65-year-old can

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Carer's Credits which could help boost their State Pension. The findings were released by the wealth management firm following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request which discovered that some 5,209 people claimed Carer's Credit in 2020 - down by around 20 per cent from 6,489 claims recorded in 2019.

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free childcare over the phone or by video call can apply for National Insurance(NI) credits to be added to their State Pension. NI credits were introduced in April 2011 and you may be entitled to receive these if you are a grandparent, or other family member, who cares for a child under 12 - usually while their parent, or main carer, is working, even from home.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed an increase of 0.5 per cent. The start of the new financial year on Tuesday, April 6 brought with it amendments to benefit payments delivered by the DWP.

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Child Benefit is a payment made to people who are responsible for bringing up a child aged below 16 or a young person under 20, if they are still in full-time education or on certain approved training courses. The benefit is paid every four weeks, either on a Monday or a Tuesday, and there is no limit to how many children a parent or guardian can claim for.

Thousands of women currently receiving as little as £1 a week for their State Pension could be owed sums of money equivalent to lottery wins, a former pensions minister has said. Sir Steve Webb, who is now a partner at pensions consultants Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP), said some women may be entitled to huge refunds but could be missed by data searches currently being carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ).

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, now 66 for everyone in the UK, this will carry on and if someone is already getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA), they will be invited to apply for it.

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State Pension payments will rise by just £4.40 per week from April 6, which should be reason enough for elderly Scots to check if they are eligible to claim Attendance Allowance to boost their monthly income. The benefit increase is the smallest rise allowed by legislation under the 'triple lock' guarantee and means an annual increase of £228.80 for those on the full, ‘new’ State Pension, which will rise from £175.20 to £179.60 each week.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Claimants will see the changes to their weekly and monthly rates from April 12 after the DWP recently confirmed the 0.5 per cent increase.

Child Benefit is a payment made to people who are responsible for bringing up a child aged below 16 or a young person under 20, if they are still in full-time education or on certain approved training courses. The benefit is paid every four weeks, either on a Monday or a Tuesday, and there is no limit to how many children a parent or guardian can claim for.

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