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PIP & STATE PENSION & GOVT. HELP
BaldacchinoR
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My mobility element of PIP has been frozen by legislation as I'm getting a state pension. I should be on the enhanced rate but am on standard rate. As far as I am concerned, that makes my PIP a means tested benefit as its dependent on my income. So I should get £650 for cost of living help for those on means tested benefits from Govt. instead of the £150 for those on disablilty benefits. Do you agree? Email your MP! This principle may apply in other areas too!
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No, it's not because you receive your state pension, it's because you've reached state pension age. It's because of your age, not your income. Therefore you become entitled to age-related benefits such as the Winter Fuel Payment and the Pensioner Cost Of Living Payment, if you reached state pension age before 25th September this year.BaldacchinoR said:My mobility element of PIP has been frozen by legislation as I'm getting a state pension. I should be on the enhanced rate but am on standard rate. As far as I am concerned, that makes my PIP a means tested benefit as its dependent on my income. So I should get £650 for cost of living help for those on means tested benefits from Govt. instead of the £150 for those on disablilty benefits. Do you agree? Email your MP! This principle may apply in other areas too!
https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment#pensioner-cost-of-living-payment
Have you checked entitlement to Pension Credit, which is means tested?1 -
No, not unless you were claiming Pension credit and received a payment for any day between 26th April and 25th May. Nothing to email your MP for.BaldacchinoR said:So I should get £650 for cost of living help for those on means tested benefits from Govt.
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On a tangent, does anyone know if mobility element automatically reduced/removed at pension age?0
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No, it just can't be increased as you've already found.CosmoChic said:On a tangent, does anyone know if mobility element automatically reduced/removed at pension age?0
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