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Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
The earliest you can get your State Pension is when you reach your State…
When you can take money from your pension pot will depend on your pension…
The amount of money you get from any income-related benefits could be…
Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility.
Pension Credit gives you extra money to help with your living costs if…
You must live in England, Scotland or Wales and have reached State Pension…
Pension Credit tops up: your weekly income to £227.10 if you’re single…
Before you apply for Pension Credit, check if you’re eligible. When you…
You need to report changes to you and your partner’s personal and…
If you're over 80 you can get your State Pension topped up to £105.70 a week in 2025 to 2026 - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953
The over 80 pension is a State Pension for people aged 80 or over. To be…
What you get depends on how much basic State Pension you get, if any. If…
You cannot get the over 80 pension if you reached State Pension age on or…
You can get a claim form from either: your local Jobcentre Plus the…
Effect on other benefits The over 80 pension counts as taxable income, so…
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
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.
There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.
Find out how to provide the minimum level of pension that must be paid, depending on benefits a member has accrued and according to anti-franking legislation.
How Universal Credit works if you’re State Pension age and you got a Migration Notice letter.
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