RISHI SUNEK DID IT

johnaka

exactly who will benefit this £1400 for us pensioners.
I get a full state pension plus a small private pension of which I pay roughly £40 a month in tax.
wife still working but retires at the end of August. we don't claim any kind of benefits ,don't know if I'm entitled any. no kids or dependent. nat ins ends with a 0.
so if I do get it should get some time next week if?

 

Muttleythefrog

What £1400? Have you got any official links (not youtube videos or Daily Mail rubbish) for what you refer to?

molerat

It is Youtube rubbish.  The £1400 in question is the various COL etc payments made to eligible pensioners over the last year. And this thread title is one of the video titles complete with incorrectly spelled name.

johnaka

just as I thought.thanks.

badmemory

Unfortunately you do claim a benefit.  In the 2016 legislation they designated the state pension a benefit.  This, under the new legislation, gives the DWP the right to have your banks look into your accounts.  I thought that maybe due to our advanced years they think a lot of us are dead already & our families are pocketing the money.

HillStreetBlues

badmemory said:

Unfortunately you do claim a benefit.  In the 2016 legislation they designated the state pension a benefit.  This, under the new legislation, gives the DWP the right to have your banks look into your accounts.  I thought that maybe due to our advanced years they think a lot of us are dead already & our families are pocketing the money.

At the moment they do not have the right to look into a bank account unless they suspect fraud. There is a Bill that would change that, it's currently at the Report stage in the HoL.

Silvertabby

badmemory said:

Unfortunately you do claim a benefit.  In the 2016 legislation they designated the state pension a benefit.  This, under the new legislation, gives the DWP the right to have your banks look into your accounts.  I thought that maybe due to our advanced years they think a lot of us are dead already & our families are pocketing the money.

You may think that idea is ridiculous - but that sort of thing does happen.

The LGPS and other public sector pensions ( and very probably private pension schemes as well) do regular 'life checks' for pensioners over a certain age.  This is partly due to the number of cases in which granny's pension is paid into a joint account with another family member ("makes it easier for me to pay your bills, do your shopping gran!") then granny dies and the family member 'forgets' to inform the pension provider.

Back to the State pension, I suspect that this will only be used when means tested benefits, specifically pension credit (PC), are involved.  ie, checking that the savings limit for PC hasn't been breached.