An Update on Benefits for Elderly Clients

Introduction

Most of the significant changes to the welfare benefits system during the past twenty years have been aimed at people of working age.

One result has been an increase in the number of differences between benefits for those of working age and those who are older; but there have been knock-on effects on benefits for older people, which, coupled with changes particularly to disability benefits and the state retirement pension, have significantly changed the landscape for older people.

There has been further consideration over the future of the state retirement pension, in particular the annual uprating and the ‘triple-lock’, which the current government has expressed its intention of retaining. Although this ensures a steady rise in pension provision, pensions in the UK are by no means generous by comparison with a number of other European countries.

This webinar provides a reminder of the main qualifying conditions for the principal benefits for those over pension age, as well as addressing some of the questions which clients are liable to pose about their entitlement to a state pension in the future.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• State retirement pension
• The annual benefit uprating and the future of the triple lock
• Pension credit
• Benefits for disability and caring
• Other benefits for those over pension age including council tax support and housing benefits
• The interface between work and pension age
• Special considerations for couples

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 25th February 2025

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