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while, for others, a combination of economic factors and policies such as the raising of the State Pension Age mean that continuing to work is a financial imperative. More people are continuing to work in ... improved employee retention. Around 60% of over 50s say they would like to continue working after state pension age on a part-time basis. Some 40% would like to stay in their current job, but have greater flexibility
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means-tested benefits Inverse of benefits sum of c_ficode14 to c_ficode26 and c_ficode39 Income (pensions) Level of pension income Sum of c_ficode1 to c_ficode13 Marital status Legal marital status broken into ... DEPRIVATION indicator using: holiday, money for self, keep up with bills, house, contents insurance, savings, furniture, and electrical goods. We also created a POVERTY indicator using: One filling meal a day
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____ D2. Do you receive pension credit? e Yes e No, I’ve applied but I’m not eligible e No, I’ve never applied e I’ve never heard of it More than £200m worth of pension credit goes unclaimed in Wales each ... claim, as benefits rates change, as can your finances. To make a claim for Pension Credit, people should call the DWP Pension Credit claim line direct on 0800 99 1234 or visit www.gov.uk/pensioncredit/how-to-claim
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significant wastage. 13. BIS should learn from the current Government consultation on publicly-funded pensions guidance, debt advice and money guidance4 to ensure that consumer advice and information is effective ... helped her switch energy supplier, she saved £700 per year. She had not switched in years. This ‘overpayment’ for energy is more than twice the £325 average saving promoted by Ofgem,11 and is likely to
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000 pensioners are living in poverty in Wales, which has the highest proportion of older people living in poverty outside of London. We will be looking to Welsh Government to ensure that pensioners in poverty
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factsheet explains what happens with these charges once you reach age 60, or if you receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit. It also explains how the NHS Low Income Scheme can help. FS65: Equity release Provides ... people, their families and carers with 45,218 information and advice enquiries I have been able to save my mother £400 off her water bill. I can't thank you enough. You are doing a brilliant job and it
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which is a tax-free payment of between £100 and £300 to help with heating costs. If you receive Pension Credit, or certain other benefits, you’re automatically paid a Cold Weather Payment when the temperature ... entitled to a Warm Home Discount on your electricity bill if you receive the Guarantee Credit part of Pension Credit or if you’re on a low income. Contact Age Cymru Advice for more information. Survey launched
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the Core Group eligibility criteria should be retained for those people in receipt of Pension Credit Guarantee Credit in 2016/17? Yes. The benefit of doing so, both in terms of the low cost of implementation ... reluctance of some older households to make a claim, is considerable. Older people not receiving Pension Credit should not be discouraged from making a claim under the Broader Group rules. As more data-matching
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while, for others, a combination of economic factors and policies such as the raising of the State Pension Age mean that continuing to work is a financial imperative. The increase in employment rates among ... themselves unemployed, is increasingly crucial as a result of demographic change and the rising State Pension Age. Age Cymru believes that everyone should be able to remain in work as long as they desire and
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to support us in old age, whether that is in the form of physicals assets such as housing, savings or pension income. For many of our current older old generation, this is fairly fixed; finding mechanisms
