Claim now, CAB urges pensioners
HARD-up pensioners who may be missing out on money they should be getting to help pay basic household bills should act now to beat a new deadline for claims, Denbighshire Citizens Advice Bureau warned.
Official estimates suggest that up to four in 10 pensioners entitled to pension credit – money paid to top up the basic state retirement pension of £87.30 a week - are not getting the extra cash they are due.
As much as £2.5 billion went unclaimed in the financial year 2005/06, the most recent year for which figures are available.
Many simply assume they do not qualify, or are daunted by the prospect of making a claim.
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08 May 2008 2:21 PM
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