Members of Unite Forth Valley Retired Members branch staged a “sit-in” in Falkirk Library at the weekend calling for the ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed a string of handouts and freebies that can be claimed by state ...

Pension Credit applications can be backdated by three months, meaning pensioners who apply for the benefit by December 21 will also qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. Pension Credit is designed to ...

The Scottish Government has confirmed that every State Pensioner in Scotland will receive a winter heating payment of at ...

The one-off Winter Heating Payment will be made to those on certain benefits and will be paid automatically to eligible people from mid-December.

This year Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1) are on a Wednesday, and the mid-week celebrations will ...

Though Connecticut’s massive pension debt dominates the headlines, its tab for school construction, transportation work and ...

Pensioners in Tory and Liberal Democrat heartlands will be worst hit by Rachel Reeves’s winter fuel allowance raid, new ...

Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out ...

A big jump in pensioners applying for the means-tested benefit came after ministers limited winter fuel payments.

People claiming PIP, Pension Credit and a number of other benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions could be eligible for a cash top-up in the first week of December. With 3.4 million ...

However, if you are over 66 and on a low income, it's crucial that you check if you are entitled to Pension Credit, which is worth around £3,900 each year and acts as a gateway benefit to other ...