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  1. Can combining Pension Credit and Housing Benefit help tackle pensioner poverty?

    Mawhinney, Age UK's Poverty, Income and Work Policy Manager, discusses the possible impact of combining Pension Credit and Housing Benefit.

  2. A Christmas less lonely

    More than 1 million older people in the UK will feel lonely this Christmas. For the first time in 20 years, Age UK volunteer Terrence won't be one of them.

  3. Leave a legacy donation in your will

    UK in your will, you can do so much to make sure older people have the support they deserve in the years to come.

  4. New UK survey reveals our beliefs about staying sharp in later life

    Over 3000 people across the UK responded to the survey, aged from 40 to 98 years old. Age UK published their findings in a new report 'What Keeps You Sharp?'.

  5. Lifelong love

    Eric, 102, and his late wife Kathy were devoted to each other for 51 years. Now, Eric talks to Age UK about why their relationship was so special, and how life has changed without her.

  6. Be your own boss

    The number of self-employed people aged 65 and over has more than doubled in the past five years. Read Age UKs guide on how to be your own boss to get started.

  7. Recent changes to the benefits system

    Some welfare benefits have changed over the past few years. Find out how they've changed and if this affects you.

  8. Your donations go further with Gift Aid!

    at no extra cost to you. To qualify for Gift Aid: you need to be a UK taxpayer you need to have paid or expect to pay enough UK income/capital gains tax in the tax year your gift was received to cover ... cover all the Gift Aid donations you made to charity that year you need to make a Gift Aid declaration if you are completing an enduring Gift Aid declaration, you also need to be sure you paid

  9. Keeping up with changes to the benefit system

    they’re owed – over the phone, online and in the local area. If you find it tricky to work out who qualifies for which benefits and entitlements, you’re far from alone. It’s a complex system at ... Government changed the Winter Fuel Payment rules so that only people receiving Pension Credit or another means-tested benefit would qualify for it. The decision was met with widespread criticism, and impacted millions

  10. Older EU citizens and settled status

    by the Home Office, Age UK estimates there may be somewhere in the region of 40,000 people aged 65 years and older who are yet to make an application to the Settled Status scheme . This is the process that ... than 5 years, it’s very possible you will qualify for Settled Status, especially if you already receive a UK State Pension. Government guidance suggests that anybody receiving a UK State Pension should

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