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Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) helps homeowners on certain benefits pay interest on loans or mortgages - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim.
Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment.
How to get and claim your State Pension, State Pension age - for men born on or after 6 April 1951 and women born on or after 6 April 1953.
Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.
Estimates of the take-up of Pension Credit by caseload and expenditure in Northern Ireland.
Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
Working Tax Credit - how much money you get, hours you need to work, eligibility, claim, tax credits when you stop work or go on leave
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
How to calculate pension input amounts and how annual allowance charges are affected after the public service pensions remedy (previously known as McCloud).
Equality impact assessment for the Independent Living Fund's Pension Credit policy.
The State Pension is increasing by 8.5 percent today as part of the Government’s commitment to support pensioners in retirement.
Find out what income you need to include in your tax credits claim or renewal.
How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
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