Campaign group Silver Voices has called for the state pension to be increased to at least £320 a week, equivalent to £1,280 a month, to remove the need for pensioners to claim Pension Credit.
Pension Credit helps some Britons of state pension age with low income to top up their finances, increasing an individual’s income to £201.05 a week and couples up to £306.85 a week.
Silver Voices has said that Pension Credit to “plagued by a low take-up rate” and called for the Government to take “urgent” action to improve the welfare of Britain’s pensioners.The full basic state pension is […]
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