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  1. Recent changes to the benefits system

    Information about how the benefits system is changing, following the Welfare Reform Act. Read now for more information from Age UK.

  2. Benefits for mixed age couples

    The way benefits are awarded to mixed age couples has changed. Find out if this affects you and what you should do if it does.

  3. Why is the Winter Fuel Payment so important?

    to the Chancellor’s statement, which has removed the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners. Paul Farmer Our purpose is to ensure that older people are valued – in this case specifically ... having equal access to the Winter Fuel Payment. Protecting the Winter Fuel Payment for struggling pensioners We believe the decision to make the Winter Fuel Payment means-tested is the wrong one at the wrong

  4. Employment and Support Allowance: Amounts & Eligibility

    Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is support for anyone who has limited work capabilities due to an illness or disability. Read more from Age UK.

  5. Winter Fuel Payment

    annual payment to help you with heating costs during the colder months. You must have reached State Pension age. Your Winter Fuel Payment will be recovered through the tax system if your taxable income is ... over State Pension age, you could receive £200 towards your bills. If you or your partner are over 80, you could receive £300 .  If you or your partner receive Pension Credit, Universal

  6. Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) Loan

    Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) is a benefit for homeowners which helps pay towards the interest on a mortgage or home improvement loans.

  7. Poverty and low income among Black older people

    in later life? asks Age UK Policy Manager Sally West. And what can be done? More than 2 million pensioners (18%) live in poverty in the UK. These headline figures are worrying enough, but for older people ... people from Black ethnic groups the risk of poverty is nearly twice as high as for White pensioners. Why are people from Black and other minority ethnic groups at greater risk of lower income and poverty

  8. Income Support

    living costs. You can't make a new claim for Income Support because it's being replaced by Universal Credit. 

  9. Which benefits are means tested and which are not?

    Information about benefits entitlements that are calculated on your income and savings. Find out more information from Age UK now.

  10. Moving back to the UK after living abroad

    do prices and costs compare between countries? How will exchange rates and inflation affect your pension and income? Can you transfer income and assets to the UK? Will your insurance policies remain valid ... life insurance The State Pension in the UK is based on National Insurance contributions. If you’ve paid contributions in more than one country, you might get separate pensions from each of them. Find

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