Less than 50,000 low-income pensioners have been approved for Pension Credit despite a 145% increase in applications ...

The union has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the government’s decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment for ...

A big jump in pensioners applying for the means-tested benefit came after ministers limited winter fuel payments.

The new Pension Credit data illustrates "a desperate picture" where people on low incomes are trying anything they can to find support.

Around 150,000 pension credit claims have been submitted in just 16 weeks since Rachel Reeves announced Winter Fuel Payments ...

There is less than a month in which to make a backdated Pension Credit claim to qualify for the winter fuel allowance payment ...

NEARLY one million people claiming the state pension will get hundreds of pounds worth of energy bill help this winter on top ...