https://www.ageuk.org.uk/latest-press/articles/2024/age-uk-responds-to-the-chancellors-announcement-to-means-test-the-winter-fuel-payment/ “Means-testing WFP this winter, with virtually no notice and no compensatory measures to protect poor and vulnerable pensioners, is the wrong policy decision, and one that will potentially jeopardise their health as well as their finances – the last thing they or the NHS needs. With winter now just over the horizon, the Government…
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Winter Fuel Payments restricted to PC claimants
https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/20393/ DWP statistics show there are more than 800,000 eligible people who could claim PC but aren’t.
Older person’s bus pass
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-elderly-person-bus-pass?step-by-step-nav=c0ff9296-e91e-40d1-97bd-008026e90426 In England you can get a bus pass for free travel when you reach the State Pension age.
Personal and workplace pensions
https://www.gov.uk/early-retirement-pension/personal-and-workplace-pensions?step-by-step-nav=c0ff9296-e91e-40d1-97bd-008026e90426 When you can take money from your pension pot will depend on your pension scheme’s rules, but it’s usually after you’re 55.
Check your State Pension age
https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age Your State Pension age is the earliest age you can start receiving your State Pension. It may be different to the age you can get a workplace or personal pension.