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  1. 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

  2. Living abroad after retirement

    income: the UK State Pension a workplace or personal pension scheme. You can get your State Pension in any country in the world, but you must tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of your move ... you move to, your pension may be frozen at a certain rate or linked to the cost-of-living. Your work or personal pension scheme may have a different arrangement. Contact your pension provider for specific

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Coronavirus, older Black people and health inequalities in the UK

    In the year prior to the pandemic, Government data showed that 3 in 10 of the UK’s Black pensioners were in poverty. Age UK is soon to publish research with older ethnic minority people in England

  6. Our policy positions

    Age UK has agreed on policy positions for a wide range of public policy issues. Read them here.

  7. How to trace old bank accounts & lost money

    about. But it's free and easy to find out whether you have an old bank account, insurance policy, pension or premium bond – so if you think this could apply to you, it's worth tracking down.  ... think you've got a lost pension, you can use GOV.UK to find contact details so that you can search for it. You can either find contact details for your own workplace or personal pension scheme, or for someone

  8. 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.

  9. General Election 2024

    discrimination. It’s taking a toll on their mental and physical health, and after earlier progress pensioner poverty has been rising again. What we're asking for When we ask older people from all walks of ... hear the same things: The income security from the Triple Lock staying in place and a reduction in pensioner poverty. A reliable NHS where they can see their GP quickly and get hospital treatment within a

  10. Help for Ukrainian nationals in the UK

    circumstances. But if you're eligible, you can make a claim straight away. In the UK, the State Pension age is currently 66 years old. This means that, if you're younger than this you need to make a claim ... age benefits, such as Universal Credit . If you and your partner are both over State Pension age, you can claim Pension Credit or other means-tested benefits such as Housing Benefit .  If you have a

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