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Claiming Pension Credits
magtino
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Iam unemployed and claiming long term incapacity benefit,
I will be 60 next year,will I be able to claim Pension credits
instead of claiming Incapacity benefit.
I will be 60 next year,will I be able to claim Pension credits
instead of claiming Incapacity benefit.
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I am not an expert on this, but I think it is better to continue to claim Incapacity Benefit if you can as Pension Credit is means-tested. Therefore if you have any other income and/or savings above a certain amount you may end up worse off. (Incapacity Benefit is only means-tested if you have an Occupational Pension and does not count any other income or any savings).
Someone will correct me if I am wrong.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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I do not have any other income and I don't have enough savings to
effect the amount I would get,so if I qualified for Pension Credits I would be
better off
I just want to know if I have the option to claim Pension Credits when I
reach 60.0
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