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Parents in law in trouble

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  • tea-bag
    tea-bag Posts: 548 Forumite
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    Claim pension credit and enjoy early retirement. Job done.
  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 14,652 Forumite
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    tea-bag wrote: »
    Claim pension credit and enjoy early retirement. Job done.

    Neither parent has reached SPA yet (the OP has admitted that he got the MILs age wrong in his first post) so Pension Credit is not yet an option.
  • tea-bag
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    p00hsticks wrote: »
    Neither parent has reached SPA yet (the OP has admitted that he got the MILs age wrong in his first post) so Pension Credit is not yet an option.

    I thought it was still 60! Don't worry get jsa and play the game. be honest an say your too old to get a job.
  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 14,652 Forumite
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    tea-bag wrote: »
    I thought it was still 60!

    No, it's rising (for both men and women) in line with women's State Pension Age - so currently it's about 63, but rising quite sharply to 66 by 2020
  • maggy50
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    Saying you are too old does not work ..Sorry for the pun !

    You sill have to present yourself for work right up to retirement age unless the law has changed.
    Light travels faster than sound.

    This is why some people seem as bright until you hear them.
  • ghostfinder
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    just a little update.

    Mil is miles away from pension age - she officially retires in 2020,

    Fil is job hunting like crazy, CV's going out daily and he is considering anything

    His forces pension has hit any benefits payments he is may have been entitled to.

    They have "battened down" their financial hatches and are cracking on with it
  • lisa110rry
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    Your in laws have my (mental) support OP, I hope they find something soon. It's a terrific worry to me that I may be in the same situation as I'm the breadwinner with an invalid husband. I will surely be thinking of you and yours, dear.
    “And all shall be well. And all shall be well. And all manner of things shall be exceeding well.”
    ― Julian of Norwich
    In other words, Don't Panic!
  • patman99
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    You don't have to be at retirement age to claim Pension Tax Credit. Your MiL should at least look into whether or not she is eligible.
    At least she won't have to worry too much about money if she can get PTC.

    After all, you will never know if you are eligible for a benefit until you have tried claiming it.
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  • Mojisola
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    patman99 wrote: »
    You don't have to be at retirement age to claim Pension Tax Credit.

    You do have to have reached the retirement age for women to claim PC.
  • Glen_Clark
    Glen_Clark Posts: 4,397 Forumite
    ghostfinder wrote: »
    Father in law, 61, newly unemployed but looking for work.
    Jackieboy wrote: »
    Is your FIL looking for work?


    Am I missing something here?
    “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair
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