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Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility.
Pension Credit gives you extra money to help with your living costs if…
You must live in England, Scotland or Wales and have reached State Pension…
Pension Credit tops up: your weekly income to £218.15 if you’re single…
Before you apply for Pension Credit, check if you’re eligible. When you…
You need to report changes to you and your partner’s personal and…
Get an estimate of how much Pension Credit you may be entitled to
Find the contact details for a pension provider by using the Pension Tracing Service
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Tax you pay and tax relief you get on contributions to your private pension - annual allowance, lifetime allowance, apply for individual protection
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
Personal pensions, stakeholder pensions, SIPPs
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
Workplace pensions - your employer's responsibilities to you to provide a workplace pension and what automatic enrolment means to you
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
Benefits and risks of transferring your pension pot or pension in payment within the UK or overseas
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Tribunal - appeal a war pension decision, deadline, how to appeal, hearing.
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