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Campaigners Escalate Push to Scrap DWP Mixed‑Age Rule Blocking Pension Credit

Independent Age intensifies lobbying with MP mailings plus a Westminster protest ahead of the state pension age increase.

DWP Streamlines Pension Credit Claims as 910,000 Still Miss Out

TV Licence Enforcement Ramps Up With Detector Vans and 31 Million-Address Database

UK Confirms 4.8% State Pension Rise for 2026 as DWP Targets £2.5bn in Unclaimed Pension Credit

Winter Fuel Payments Start as DWP Targets Pension Credit Underclaiming

Pension Credit £10,000 Savings Rule Under Fire as Experts Warn Small Nest Eggs Are Penalised

DWP Tells Universal Credit and Pension Credit Claimants to Report Life Changes or Risk Repayments

DWP Requires Pension Credit Recipients to Notify Any Absence from Great Britain

UK Expands Warm Home Discount to 2.7 Million More Households

UK Restores Fuel Payments for Pensioners Earning Up to £35,000

DWP Announces Nine Cost-Saving Benefits for Pensioners Worth Over £7,000 in June