Retirement Age - new rules

seven-day-weekend

http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/winterfuel/

It tells you the age you will get the winter fuel payment at the end of this link.

Don't know about bus passes though.

Cook_County

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/winterfuel/

It tells you the age you will get the winter fuel payment at the end of this link.

Don't know about bus passes though.

Thanks; that's shockling news that I did not know.

We obviously need a calculator telling us when we get the TV licence/free passport etc etc since all these dates are way in the future!

Hungerdunger

We were aware of these rules, but what I'm not sure about is whether I'll get additional pension for my wife for the five years when I am over pension age and she is under. (She will qualify for the full pension once she gets to 65)

This page indicates I might get something, but either I'm being dense, or it's not very clear. Any advice would be welcome.

jancee_2

Hungerdunger wrote: »

We were aware of these rules, but what I'm not sure about is whether I'll get additional pension for my wife for the five years when I am over pension age and she is under. (She will qualify for the full pension once she gets to 65)

This page indicates I might get something, but either I'm being dense, or it's not very clear. Any advice would be welcome.

Not sure what you mean here. If your wife will qualify for a full pension in her own right then your pension and any additional you have doesn't come into the equation. She would only rely on your contribution record if she doesn't qualify for 60% of a full state pension in her own right.

If you are talking about the years before she reaches her state pension age of 65 then she is regarded as of working age and can register for JSA if fit to work or apply for benefits if she is not able to work. Past 60 she can apply for pension credit.